NEW BOOK: COINAGE OF CHARLES FERDINAND VASA (1613-1655)

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The E-Sylum: Volume 20, Number 46, November 12, 2017, Article 3

NEW BOOK: COINAGE OF CHARLES FERDINAND VASA (1613-1655)

The Polish Numismatic Society has published a new book on the coins and medals of prince Charles Ferdinand Vasa, bishop of Wroclaw and Plock. Thanks to Ursula Kampmann's November 9, 2017 CoinsWeekly article for making me aware of it, and to E-Sylum reader Gosia Fort for this summary translation of the book's web page. -Editor

Marek Folwarniak, Monety i medale Karola Ferdynanda Wazy. Polskie Towarzystwo Numizmatyczne, Warsaw 2017. 84 pages with color illustrations, paperback, 16.5 x 24 cm. ISBN: 978-83-945110-2-9. 30 zloty (ca. 7 euros) + postage.

The book “Monety i medale Karola Ferdynanda Wazy” [The coins and medals of Charles Ferdinand Vasa] discusses the numismatic legacy of the Polish prince and bishop, one of the sons of the king Sigismund III Vasa.

Charles Ferdinand Vasa was not interested in politics but he was a great supporter of arts and a collector of art, coins and medals. He left behind substantial wealth and an extensive numismatic collection including coins and medals minted in his name.

The author presents, verifies and, in many cases, questions earlier knowledge of coinage of Charles Ferdinand Vasa. He manages to bring to light several new variants of his coinage not described in the literature. It is a thorough source for study of the coinage of the Vasa dynasty.

For more information, see:
Nowe wydawnictwo PTN – Monety i medale Karola Ferdynanda Wazy (http://ptn.pl/2017/06/27/nowe-wydawnictwo-ptn-monety-medale-karola-ferdynanda-wazy/)

To read the CoinsWeekly article, see:
Catalogue of the coinage of Charles Ferdinand Vasa (1613-1655) (http://www.coinsweekly.com/en/News/Catalogue-of-the-coinage-of-Charles-Ferdinand-Vasa-1613-1655/4?&id=5026)

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