Čuhaj George S. - Standard catalog of world coins. 1601-1700

Welcome to our new 5th edition of the 17th Century Standard Catalog of World Coins. This most recent version of our ever changing and evolving series of comprehensive reference catalogs is designed to meet the needs of those with serious interest in the coins of our numismatic heritage. More than half of the pages within this reference are devoted to early European coinage, with a significant portion of this book displaying the vast array of Germanic coins stuck during this time period.

Still, the Standard Catalog of World Coins 16011700 provides an abundance of coin listings for nations around the globe. You will find coins from worldwide territories of the European powers, including issues meant for circulation in Portuguese India, Danish Tranquebar, Spanish Netherlands and Colonial North America, countermarked coins from Brazil and cob coins from Colombia and Bolivia. Listings for the remnants of the Hapsburg Empire can be found throughout this volume with coins struck for use in Austria, Bohemia, Hungary and Salzburg. Coins of Spain, France and the French States are here as well, alongside crowns from Transylvania, plus coins from the Middle Eastern areas of Turkey and Syria.

But some of the greatest areas of interest probably reside with this catalogs listings for pre-unified territories. The massive section for German States coinage has experienced a comprehensive revision for all values on minor coins, crowns and thalers, and gold ducats and their multiples. The same is true of the Swiss Cantonal issues, Independent Kingdoms of India, coinage of the Provinces of the Netherlands and those coins struck for use in the various Italian States and cities. All of these collecting areas have witnessed a great rebirth of activity and very significant boosts to individual coin values.

It just goes to show that the classics never go out of style. There will always be a healthy market for coins of this era, hammered or milled, specialists will always be interested in 17th Century types.

So this easy to use catalog, arranged in a basic alphabetic fashion by country, with groupings for political structure, coinage type and denomination to help better organize the data, will always be an important volume in any numismatic library. You will find photographs of many 17th Century coins, information on metal content, obverse and reverse descriptions, legends, types and variety details, date listings and of course values presented in multiple grades of preservation. In short, just about all the information you could want on the classic coins of the old world and its early extensions into the East and West of the globe.

All this data has not come easily into the book you hold before you. A generation of numismatists has worked diligently to lay the foundations on which current experts can build and to them we own a debt of gratitude.

Continuing this work are some seventy contributing coin dealers, collectors and researchers who have lent their knowledge to the compiling of this new edition, providing our staff with updated values, new images, newly discovered dates and expanded listings. The accuracy of the data offered in this volume is assured through their kind assistance. To them we offer a heartfelt Thank you! for their generosity and dedication to the advancement of our shared field of coin collecting.

Finally to you, the reader, we extend our wishes that you may enjoy using this catalog as much as we enjoyed its production. Look it over, put it to good use and please let us know if you have any comments or questions.

Best Wishes,
The Editorial Staff of the
Standard Catalog of World Coins

Many numismatists have contributed countless changes, which have been incorporated in this edition. While all cannot be acknowledged here, special appreciation is extended to the following individuals and organizations who have exhibited a special dedication - revising and verifying historical and technical data and coin listings, reviewing market valuations and sharing digital images - for this edition.

Dr. Lawrence A. Adams

Stephen Album

Scott Annechino

Dr. Luis Alberto Asbun-Karmy

Mitchell A. Battino

Gonzalo Barinaga

Dr. Bernd Becker

Jan Bendix

Allen G. Berman

Joseph Boling

Al Boulanger

Klaus Bronny

Adolfo Cayn

Clemente Cayn

Fred L. Colombo

Scott E. Cordry

Jean-Paul Divo

Wilhelm R. Eglseer

Thomas F. Fitzgerald

Arthur Friedberg

Tom Galway

Ron Guth

Marcel Hberling

Don Hanlon

Flemming Lyngbeck Hansen

Emmanuel Henry

Wade Hinderling

Serge Huard

Ton Jacobs

Hctor Carlos Janson

Craig Keplinger

John M. Kleeberg

Lawrence C. Korchnak

Peter Kraneveld

Ronachai Krisadaolarn

Samson Kin Chiu Lai

Joseph E. Lang

Dirk Lbbers

Jrgen Mikeska

Juozas Minikevicius

Robert Mish

Paul Montz

Horst-Dieter Mller

N. Douglas Nicol

Alberto Paashaus

Frank Passic

Tom Passon

Marc Pelletier

William Rosenblum

Remy Said

Jacco Scheper

Glenn Schinke

Dr. Wolfgang Schuster

Daniel Frank Sedwick

Olav Sejere

Alexander I. Shapiro