A fascinating and unique overview of international currency, All the Money in the World vividly chronicles how political, cultural, and economic forces have shaped the development of coinage and paper currency from antiquity through today. Douglas Mudd, the Curator of the ANA (American Numismatic Association) Money Museum, describes the extraordinary diversity and beauty of monetary imagery -- an important source of cultural and historical information. This gorgeously illustrated and immensely entertaining book explains ...
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A fascinating and unique overview of international currency, All the Money in the World vividly chronicles how political, cultural, and economic forces have shaped the development of coinage and paper currency from antiquity through today. Douglas Mudd, the Curator of the ANA (American Numismatic Association) Money Museum, describes the extraordinary diversity and beauty of monetary imagery -- an important source of cultural and historical information. This gorgeously illustrated and immensely entertaining book explains the origin and spread of coinage and paper currency. Ranging from the islands of Micronesia to Russia to the United States, All the Money in the World reveals the underlying connections between numismatic imagery and history. Appealing to both experienced numismatists and novices alike, All the Money in the World provides a visually stunning and informative look at money's vital role in shaping both our past and present -- and influencing our hopes and dreams for the future.
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. pp.175 Reveals the underlying connections between numismatic imagery and history. clean tight copy, black line lower edge, lower corners rubbed, faint creases on front and back covers of d/j, small tear top spine on hinge, Size: 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall.
good book for basic info in world money and good coffee table book to start conversations
LadyLiberty
Nov 2, 2007
NOT VERY INFORMATIVE-
This book was not very informative at all. Also, there weren't very many good pictures, like you would & should expect from a book about that purports to be about 'ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD'. With the exception of a handful of rare coins, the pictures of paper currency were limited to a few modern-day, run of the mill notes. This is quite a shame, because there is so much more beautiful money, both past & present, to see. I got the sense that this book was hurriedly written, without much thought at all. I could have done better writing about the 1400 or so coins & notes in my own collection, (some much rarer than shown in this book.) To expect better out of this book, given its title, and the author's access to a museum & its contents, would not have been unreasonable. Much more rare currency should have been pictured & discussed. After all, the only reason a collector buys any of these books are for reference material, and for the opportunity to view currency that they hadn't seen before. To sum it all up, ' ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD' is a bigger waste of money. I was very disappointed, as you will be too.