CHINESE EDITIONS ON ORIENTAL NUMISMATICS

 

From correspondence with the authors I have learned that two important English-language books on Oriental numismatics will be published in Chinese editions.

Ch'ing Cash (2016) by Dr. Werner Burger is being translated and, according to the author's widow, will be printed in the same format and quality as the original. This oversized slipcased work contains a detailed, illustrated history of Qing minting in one volume, and extensive by-year charts for the cash coinage in a second volume. Even with an $800 list price, the edition is nearly sold out and the list price has been raised to $960. The Chinese edition is expected in 2023.

The Historical Cash Coins of Vietnam (2004) by Dr. R. Allan Barker, is the standard work on official cash of the country. Political and numismatic history supplement an extensive variety catalog illustrated with both rubbings and color photos of the cash coins. The Chinese edition has been printed in the same format and quality, and is being marketed in China. I have no information on availability outside China. The original English-language edition is still available from myself and other dealers worldwide.

 

As a side note, the Barker work is in effect incorporated into the comprehensive series of collector guides to the Oriental square hole" series produced by David Hartill. This consists of Cast Chinese Coins (2005), with a largely unchanged 2nd edition (2017), Early Japanese Coins (2011) which includes non-round gold and silver issues, Cast Korean Coins and Charms (co-author Dr. Wybrand Op den Velde, 2013), Cast Chinese Amulets (2020), and A Guide to Cash Coins (2017), with a comprehensive cross-national finding guide illustrated with actual coins, and a broad sampling of the extensive unofficial Vietnamese series which circulated there, in China, and abroad, along with smaller cash series from Indonesia, Malaysia, and Central Asia. Barker's is the referenced work for official Vietnamese cash in Hartill's finding index. Most of the Hartill works are print-on-demand editions and tend to be readily available.

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