A Dictionary of Numismatic Names

by A.R. Frey

The purport of the present book is a twofold one. The beginner will find in it definitions of such terms as he will encounter during his perusal of numismatic works in both English and foreign languages. The advanced student and collector will have his labors facilitated by the large number of citations of authorities which have been consulted in the preparation of this volume. The author has frequently had the experience of discovering that the same coin is alluded to by one or more writers under entirely different names, and what is still more perplexing is the fact that these designations naturally fall far apart in any alphabetical arrangement. Notable examples are Cuarto and Quarto, Double and Moneta Duplex, Levant Dollar, Maria Theresa Thaler and Tallero del Levante, Glass Coins and Monnaies de Verre, Black Farthing and Denier Noir, etc. To obviate these duplications extensive cross references have been introduced. The popular slang names, as well as the unusual substances employed in coinage have been enumerated; these features, will be of special interest to the beginner.