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NEW BOOK: GOLD COINS OF ANGLO-SAXON ENGLANDTony Abramson has published a new book on early English gold coinage. -Editor
There has been no complete, illustrated catalogue since. Such is the glacial rate of numismatic progress on early gold. However, in the digital era advancement is accelerating. With the increasing popularity of metal-detection in recent decades, more finds have surfaced. The Portable Antiquities scheme has facilitated recording in the public domain.. Popular metal detection websites and magazines have enabled improved access to information. Auction catalogues have broadcast high resolution images and recent results have obliterated previous records. 
The Paulinus shilling In an attempt to make identification swifter and more reliable and readily eliminate bogus coins, Tony Abramson, author of the ground-breaking Sceatta List, now compliments that work with a prequel – a complete and beautifully illustrated account of all recorded early English gold coinage. This compact volume is essential for all detectorists, field liaison officers, curators, scholars, dealers, auction cataloguers and collectors. 
To order, contact the author via email at t.abramson@ntlworld.com . Here are some reader comments from Tony's website. -Editor David Fanning, Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers writes: "The gold coins of Anglo-Saxon England are among the most fascinating series of the early medieval period, but they have suffered from the lack of a modern reference that takes advantage of the recent proliferation of new information and the ease with which color photographs can be integrated into numismatic books. Tony Abramson's new book provides numismatists and detectorists with an up-to-date resource on these rare and intriguing issues." Kevin Easton writes: "…regarding your new book, you have managed to put it in a format that works, not just for academics, but also for someone like myself who is interested in a whole manner of old and ancient finds. Everything is easily explained, with excellent images. I've been metal detecting for 30-odd years now, and would have loved to have had a book like this when I had just started detecting. It's a must, as you just don't know when one of these special little coins will turn up."
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