DVD Puts 5 1/2 Inches of Catalog in 1/2 Inch Case

At theANA this year Krause Publications released a special three volume set of the 19th, 20th and 21st Century volumes of the Standard Catalog of World Coins as a three disc DVD set. This caused a good deal of excitement, as one might have expected.

There have been plenty of people asking for the Standard Catalog on Disc over the years, but it was some recent developments regarding database development which finally led us to be able to provide this long awaited product.

  The set features the most recent editions of the three catalogs, each of which was produced within the past eight months or less. The book covers can be seen on the right front of the DVD case shown here. Each disc presents one volume in it's original page format, so it's just like scanning the pages of the catalog, but without the girth of a heavy book in your lap or on your desk.

Total page count is about 3,760 and total images are roughly 82,750. You can enlarge the images pretty well also, as these are direct from our files, without any second generation degrading. Navigation works through Adobe Acrobat, which is the software which reads the discs. You can do country name or key word searches to find the sections you seek.

The cover prices on the three catalogs totals to $150, but the cost of this three disc DVD set is only $100. At the KP booth at the ANA show last week this new disc set was a featured item, being sold for the special show discount price of $80. At that price I saw many smiling faces, so when I got back here to Iola, I started thinking that maybe I could get fellow Blogger and editorial director Debbie Bradley to extend this discount to my readers for a while. I do so like smiling faces! Anyway, just this afternoon she agreed to allow me to offer that same show special price of $80 to all my Blog readers from now until October 1st.

So if you would like a set of Standard Catalogs on DVD, just email me at tom.michael@fwpubs.com and ask for my special ANA show - Blog extension discount of $80 for the three disc set. You'll have to pay shipping, which is $3.95, so the total will be $83.95, but still, what a deal! Consider it my little way of saying "Thank's" for stopping by to read my postings.

More on British Commonwealth reference library

Back in May I posted an Old to New - Book Review or two dealing with establishing a working reference library for collecting British Commonwealth coinage. In that posting I recommended acquiring the two R.J. Ford collection auction catalogs from the Spink 1990 and 1991 sales.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well, as time does march on, I thought I'd bring to your attention another auction catalog from Noble Numismatics, which would make a wonderful addition to any British Commonwealth library. The sale is of The Robert A. Climpson Collection of British Colonial Coins & Tokens and it just closed last month on July 25th. Some of you may have gotten a catalog and participated in the sale, others will want to contact Noble Numismatics quickly to see if any more copies are available.

Climpson has been the director of Noble's Sydney office for nearly 20 years and is recongnized for his knowledge of British Colonial coinage. His collection offered some of the finest examples likely to be see on the market for some time and his catalog should remain a useful reference tool for many years to come.

Check out Noble's website to see listings and closing prices for sale 85, with the Climpson Collection running from lot number 1404 to 2381. They maintain an easy to navigate archive of their past sales, which makes and excellent research tool.

 

In going over the auction you will note that there were coins offered from most every area of the empire, including: Channel Islands, Isle of Man, Cyprus, Ionian Islands, Gibraltar, Canada, Sierra Leone, Gold Coast, St. Helena, Mombasa, British West Africa, Nigeria, Mauritius, Seychelles, East Africa, Southern Rhodesia, South Africa, British Guiana, British Honduras, Jamaica, Trinidad, Turks and Caicos, St. Lucia, Australia, India, Ceylon, Sarawak, British North Borneo, Straight Settlements and more.