Free Coin Collection Books

Are there free coin collection books? Having trouble with your coin collection? Maybe you’re looking for some particular coin and can’t find it. Maybe you’re having trouble finding books in the libraries about coin collecting. Well, no need to worry. In this article, we’ll provide some links to free coin collection books that can help you and help you build your collection!

Free Coin Collection Books:

Afghanistan

• A Descriptive Account of the Antiquities and Coins of Afghanistan

Ancient

• A Guide to the Principal Gold and Silver Coins of the Ancients, from Circ. B.C. 700 to A.D.1 Volume 1

Arabia

• Some Rare and Unedited Arabic and Persian Coins

Auction Catalogs

• Catalogue of Coins and Medals
• Catalogue of the Very Extensive … Cabinet of Coins & Medals Formed …

Australia

• A brief sketch of the coinage and paper currency of South Australia
• A Search for Minting Varieties on Australian Pre-Decimal Coins 1910-1964
• Australian Tokens and Coins

Bactrian

• The Coins of the Greek and Scythic Kings of Bactria and India in the British Museum

Bible

• History of Jewish Coinage and of Money in the Old and New Testament
• Numismatic Illustrations of the Narrative Portions of the New Testament

Byzantine

• Catalogue of the Imperial Byzantine Coins in the British Museum

Canada

• Catalog of Canadian Coins, Medals, Tokens, and Stamps
• Coins, Tokens, and Medals of the Dominion of Canada
• Illustrated History of Coins and Tokens Relating to Canada
• The Canadian Antiquarian and Numismatic Journal

China

• Catalogue of Chinese Coins from the VIIth Cent. B.C., to A. D. 621
• On Chinese Currency: Coin and Paper Money

Egypt

• Catalogue of the Coins of Alexandria and the Nomes
• The Coins of the Túlúni Dynasty

Freemasons

• Catalogue of the Masonic Library, Masonic Medals, Washingtoniana, Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company’s Sermons, Regimental Histories, and Other Literature Relating to the Late Civil War
• The Medals, Commemorative or Historical of British Freemasonry: A Photographic Reproduction of Medals struck by British Lodges and Freemasons Together with an Accurate Description of Each Specimen and a Full Account of the Person of Event Thereby Commemorated
• The Medals of the Masonic Fraternity Described and Illustrated

General

• A Dictionary of Numismatic Names, Their Official and Popular Designation
• Contributions of Alchemy to Numismatics

Great Britain

• A Compilation of English Silver Coins Issued Since the Conquest, with Their Values
• Alphabetical List of Provincial Coins or Tokens, Issued Between the Years 1786 and 1796
• Annals of the Coinage of Britain and Its Dependencies
• The Roman Antiquities of Britain
• British Metallic Coins and Tradesmen’s Tokens with Their Value From 1600-1912
• The British Numismatic Journal 1907
• The British Numismatic Journal 1908
• Catalogue of Valuable Collection of English Coins of the Reign of Charles I
• Celtic Inscriptions on Gaulish and British Coins
• Description of the Anglo-Gallic Coins in the British Museum
• Handbook of English Coins
• Numismata Londinensia: Medals Struck by the Corporation of London to Commemorate Important Municipal Events 1831 to 1893
• Provincial Token Coinage
• The Coinage of Suffolk
• The Coinage of the British Empire
• The Coins and Tokens of the Possessions and Colonies of the British Empire
• The Coins of the Ancient Britons
• The Series of English Coins: In Copper, Tin, and Bronze
• The Shilling History of England
• The Silver Coins of England Arranged and Described with Remarks on British Money, Previous to the Saxon Dynasties
• A Vindication of the Celtic Inscriptions on Gaulish and British Coins
• A Guide to the Coins of Great Britain & Ireland
• An Arrangement of Provincial Coins, Tokens, and Medalets
• Batty’s Catalogue of the Copper Coinage of Great Britain, Ireland, British Isles, and Colonies, Local and Private Tokens Jettons
• Handbook of the Coins of Great Britain and Ireland in the British Museum

Greek

• A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum
• A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum Volume 5
• A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum: Mysia
• A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum: Phrygia
• A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum: Pontus, Paphlagonia
• A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum: The Ptolemies, Kings of Egypt
• Ancient Greek Coins
• Catalogue of a Selection from Colonel Leake’s Greek Coins
• Catalogue of Greek Coins in the Hunterian Collection, University of Glasgow
• Catalogue of Greek Coins
• Catalogue of Greek Coins: Macedonia
• Catalogue of Greek Coins: Peloponnesus
• Catalogue of Greek Coins: Pontus, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, and the Kingdom of Bosporus
• Catalogue of Greek Coins: Sicily
• Catalogue of Greek Coins: The Ptolemies, Kings of Egypt
• Catalogue of Greek Coins: The Seleucid Kings of Syria
• Catalogue of Greek Coins: The Tauric Chersonese, Sarmatia, Dacia, Moesia, Thrace
• Catalogue of Greek Coins: Thessaly to Aetolia
• Catalogue of Greek Coins: Central Greece
• Catalogue of the Coins of Parthia
• Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum
• Catalogue of the Greek Coins of Crete and the Aegean Islands
• Catalogue of the Greek Coins of Ionia
• Catalogue of the Greek Coins of Lycia, Pamphylia, and Pisidia
• Catalogue of the Greek Coins of Phrygia
• Catalogue of the Greek Coins of Troas, Aeolis, and Lesbos
• Common Greek Coins: The Coinage of Athens, Corinth, Aegina, Boeotian League, Alexander the Great, Achaean League, and Lycian League
• Engravings of Unpublished or Rare Greek Coins
• Greek Coins and Their Parent Cities
• Historia Numorum: A Manual of Greek Numismatics
• Historical Greek Coins, Described
• Symbolism on Greek Coins
• The Seleucid Mint of Antioch
• The Types of Greek Coin: An Archeological Essay
• The Weber Collection: Greek Coins

India

• Useful Tables, Forming an Appendix to the Journal of the Asiatic Society
• Indian Coins
• Catalogue of the Coins in the Indian Museum, Calcutta: Including the Cabinet of the Asiatic Society of Bengal
• Catalogue of the Coins in the Indian Museum
• Catalogue of the Coins of the Indian Museum
• Catalogue of the Coins of the Andhra Dynasty, the Western Ksatrapas, the Traikutaka Dynasty, and the Bodhi Dynasty
• Coins of Mediaeval Indias: From the Seventh Century to the Muhammadan Conquests
• Essays on Indian Antiquities, Historic, Numismatic, and the Paleographic of the Late James Prinsep

Ireland

• A View of the Coinage of Ireland, from the Invasion of the Danes to the Reign of George IV
• An Essay Towards a Historical Account of Irish Coins
• On The Irish Coins of Edward the Fourth
• Simon’s Essay on Irish Coins and the Currency of Foreign Monies in Ireland
• The Coinage of Ireland in Copper, Tin, and Pewter, 1460-1826

Italy

• Coins of Ancient Sicily
• Italian Medals

Japan

• The Currency of Japan

Jetons

• A View of the Origin, Nature, and Use of Jettons or Counters
• Numismatic Notes and Monographs

Jewish

• On the Jewish “Lulab” and “Portal” Coins

Medal & Medalists

• The Wyons
• A Description of the Medals of Washington
• A Description of the Series of Medals Struck at the National Medal Mint by Order of Napoleon Bonaparte
• American Colonial History Illustrated by Contemporary Medals
• An Essay on Medals
• A Historical and Critical Accounts of a Grand Series of National Medals
• British Military and Naval Medals and Decorations
• Catalogue of the International Exhibition of Contemporary Medals
• Descriptive Catalogue of a Cabinet of Roman Imperial Large-Brass Medals
• Guide to the English Medals Exhibited in the King’s Library
• Medallic History of Napoleon: A Collection of all the Medals, Coins, and Jettons, Relating to His Actions and Reign. From the Year 1796 to 1815
• Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland to the Death of George II
• Medals by Giovanni Cavino, the “Paduan”
• Medals of the Renaissance
• Numismata Cromwelliana
• Numismata: A Discourse of Medals
• Roman Medallions in the British Museum
• Syracusan Medallions
• The Authors of England, Portraits Engraved by A. Collas
• Thirty-Three Plates of English Medals
• A Guide to the Exhibition of Italian Medals

Mexico

• Mexican Imperial Coinage: The Medals and Coins of Augustine I
• The Mexican Revolutionary Coinage, 1913-1916

Various

• A Description of Ancient and Modern Coins: In The Cabinet Collection at the Mint of the United States
• A Numismatic Manual: Guide to the Study of Greek, Roman, and English Coins
• Alexander & Co.’s Hub Coin Book: An Encyclopedia of Rare Coins
• American Journal of Numismatics Volumes 11-13
• American Journal of Numismatics Volumes 17-19
• American Journal of Numismatics Volumes 33-34
• American Journal of Numismatics Volumes 37-39
• American Journal of Numismatics Volume 45
• American Journal of Numismatics Volume 46
• American Journal of Numismatics Volumes 49-50
• American Journal of Numismatics Volumes 51-52
• American Journal of Numismatics and Bulletin of the American Numismatic and Archeological Society Volumes 1-2
• American Journal of Numismatics and Bulletin of American Numismatic and Archeological Society Volumes 11-12
• American Journal of Numismatics and Bulletin of American Numismatic and Archeological Society Volumes 15-16
• American Journal of Numismatics and Bulletin of American Numismatic and Archeological Society Volumes 17-19
• American Journal of Numismatics and Bulletin of American Numismatic and Archeological Society Volumes 23-24
• American Journal of Numismatics and Bulletin of American Numismatic and Archeological Society Volumes 25-26
• American Journal of Numismatics and Bulletin of American Numismatic and Archeological Society Volumes 27-28
• American Journal of Numismatics and Bulletin of American Numismatic and Archeological Society Volumes 29-30
• American Journal of Numismatics and Bulletin of American Numismatic and Archeological Society Volumes 5-6
• American Journal of Numismatics and Bulletin of American Numismatic and Archeological Society Volumes 7-8
• An Index to the Coins and Medals of the Cabinet of the Mint of the United States at Philadelphia
• An Introduction to the Copper Coins of Modern Europe
• Biographical Dictionary of Medallists: Coin, Gem, and Seal-Engravers, Mint-Masters
• Catalogue of a Large Collection of Autographs, Coins, Medals, Etc.
• Catalogue of Coins, Tokens, and Medals in the Numismatic Collection of the Mint of the United States at Philadelphia
• Catalogue of the Coins, Tokens, Medals, Dies, and Seals in the Museum of the Royal Mint
• Catalogue of the Greek and Roman Coins in the Numismatic Collection of Yale College
• Catalogue of the Important Historical Collection of Coins and Medals
• Coins and Medals: Their Place in History and Art
• Coins, Medals, and Seals, Ancient and Modern. Illustrated and Described
• The Numismatic Collections of Medals and Coins
• Dime Size Coins of the World
• Dye’s Coin Encyclopedia: A Complete Illustrated History of the Coins of the World
• On a Hoard of Coins Fround at Broach
• Selections from the Numismatist
• The Coin Book
• The Coin Collector’s Journal, Volumes 10-11
• The Coin Collector’s Journal, Volumes 4-5
• The Coin Collector’s Journal, Volumes 8-9
• The Coin Collector’s Manual: Guide to Numismatic Students in the Formation of a Cabinet of Coins
• The Coin Collector’s Manual: Comprising of Coinage, from the Earliest Period to the Fall of the Roman Empire
• The Coin Collector’s Manual: Guide to Numismatic Students
• The Coinages of the World: Ancient and Modern
• The Numismatic Chronicle 1883
• The Numismatic Chronicle 1884
• The Numismatic Chronicle 1895
• The Numismatic Chronicle 1899
• The Numismatic Chronicle and Journal of the Royal Numismatic Society
• The Numismatic Chronicle and Journal of the Royal Numismatic Society Vol VII
• The Numismatic Chronicle and Journal of the Numismatic Society 1861
• The Numismatic Chronicle and Journal of the Numismatic Society 1862
• The Numismatic Chronicle and Journal of the Numismatic Society 1869
• The Numismatic Chronicle and Journal of the Numismatic Society 1872
• The Numismatic Chronicle and Journal of the Numismatic Society 1873
• The Numismatic Chronicle and Journal of the Numismatic Society 1874
• The Numismatic Chronicle and Journal of the Numismatic Society 1875
• The Numismatic Chronicle and Journal of the Numismatic Society 1876
• The Numismatic Chronicle and Journal of the Numismatic Society 1877
• The Numismatic Chronicle and Journal of the Numismatic Society 1881
• The Numismatic Chronicle, Volume 12 1872
• The Numismatic Circular and Catalogue of Coins, Tokens, Commemorative and War Medals, Books & Cabinets Volume 12
• The Numismatic Circular and Catalogue of Coins, Tokens, Commemorative and War Medals, Books & Cabinets Volume 14
• The Numismatic Circular and Catalogue of Coins, Tokens, Commemorative and War Medals, Books & Cabinets Volume 15
• The Numismatic Circular and Catalogue of Coins, Tokens, Commemorative and War Medals, Books & Cabinets Volume 16
• The Numismatic Circular and Catalogue of Coins, Tokens, Commemorative and War Medals, Books & Cabinets Volume 2
• The Numismatic Circular and Catalogue of Coins, Tokens, Commemorative and War Medals, Books & Cabinets Volume 5
• The Numismatic Circular, Volume 13 1905
• The Numismatic Circular, Volume 14 1906
• The Numismatic Circular, Volume 15 1907
• The Numismatic Circular, Volume 16 1908
• The Numismatic Circular, Volume 2 1894
• The Numismatic Circular, Volume 3 1895
• The Numismatic Circular, Volumes 8-9 1900
• The Numismatist Journal, Volume 2
• The Numismatist Journal, Volume 12 1899
• The Numismatist Journal, Volume 20 1907
• The Numismatist Journal, Volume 21 1908
• The Numismatic Journal, Volume 29 1916
• Weights, Measures, and Money of All Nations

Muslim

• A Manual of Musalman Numismatics

Oriental

• The International Numismata Orientalia 1874
• The International Numismata Orientalia 1882

Parthia

• A View of the History and Coinage of the Parthians

Roman

• A Descriptive Catalogue of Rare and Unedited Roman Coins: From the Earliest Period of the Roman Coinage to the Extinction of the Empire under Constantinus Paleologos
• Coins to the Romans Relating to Britain
• History and Coinage of Dacia
• The Roman Mint and Early Britain with Plates and Illustrations

Scotland

• Numismata Scotia: A Series of Scottish Coinage from the Reign of William the Lion to the Union
• The Coinage of Scotland

Siege Notes

• Windows to the Past: Part I
• Windows to the Past: Part II

Spanish/Portuguese

• Early Spanish and Portuguese Coinage in America

Tokens

• A Descriptive Catalogue of the London Traders, Tavern, and Coffee-House in the 17th Century
• A Historical Account of the First Three Business Tokens Issued in the City of New York
• Communion Tokens of the Established Church of Scotland: Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Centuries
• Dudley Tradesmen’s Tokens of the Seventeenth, Eighteenth, and Nineteenth Centuries
• The Nineteenth Century Token Coinage of Great Britain, Ireland, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man
• The Provincial Token Coinage of the 18th Century
• The Silver Token Coinage Mainly Issued between 1811 and 1812
• The Tradesmen’s Tokens of the Eighteenth Century 1892
• Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth, Eighteenth, and Nineteenth Centuries in Yorkshire
• Tokens of the Eighteenth Century Connected with Booksellers and Bookmakers
• Trade Tokens Issued in the Seventeenth Century in England, Wales, and Ireland

US

• Catalogue of J. S. Twining’s Collection of Gold, Silver, and Copper American Coins
• Catalogue of Celebrated and Valuable Collection of American Coins and Medals of the Late Charles I. Bushnell, of New York
• Exhibition of the United States and Colonial Coins
• Laws of the United States Relating to Coinage 1792-1897
• The American Numismatical Manual of the Currency or Money of the Aborigines, and Colonial, State, and United States Coins
• The Early Coins of America and the Laws Governing Their Issue
• The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876
• The Varieties of the United States Cents of 1796
• A Monograph of the Silver Dollar: Good and Bad
• Report of the Director of the Mint Upon the Statistics of the Production of the Precious Metals in the United States
• A Classification of the Early Half-Dimes of the United States

Weights and Measures

• The Money, Weights, and Measures of the Chief Commercial Nations in the World

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