Welcome to a list of websites that provide helpful photos and information for collectors seeking to increase knowledge of their collecting area.
Colonial, Pre-Federal and Federal US Coinage
- University of Notre Dame Collection – https://www3.nd.edu/~rarebook/coins/ColCoin/ColCoinContents/Contents.temp2.html
- Massachusetts Historical Society – http://www.masshist.org/collection-guides/view/fao0005
- Auction houses are an excellent source for information for coins and currency, like Stacks and Heritage.
Foreign Coinage and Currency
- MA Shops – modern and ancient coin marketplace that gives excellent attribution as well as coin values – https://www.ma-shops.com/shops/
- Chinese coin and charm images – excellent and easy to use educational tool for the coins of China, Japan, Korea, Viet-Nam – http://www.sportstune.com/chinese/index.html
- Calgary Coin and Antique Gallery – An excellent tool for understanding mint marks and other diagnostics. Very broad scope from the formation of the country under the first Emperor Chin – http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/china/china8.htm
- NGC – database for world coins – https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/
- Medievalcoinage.com – well done and full of images and commentary – http://www.medievalcoinage.com/
- CGB Numismatics Paris e-Shops – coins, banknotes from ancient Greece to ancients to modern and medieval coinage – https://www.cgbfr.com/boutiques-numismatiques.html
Ancient Coinage
- Ancient Indian Coins – coinage including those pesky ancient coins from many dynasties, as well as foreign issuers – http://ancientcoinsofindiaaruns.blogspot.com/
- Beast Coins – very good educational site on interesting subject – http://www.beastcoins.com/Sasanian/Sasanian.htm
- Ptolemaic Bronze Coins – Site covering Egyptian, Ptolemaic coinage from Ptolemy I, to Cleopatra VII. The site has images for all denominations, historical reference, clear, and concise – http://ptolemybronze.com/
- Magna Graecia Coins – Greek coinage outside of the Greek homeland – http://www.magnagraecia.nl/coins/
- Acsearch.info – Excellent search engine for coins from auction sales –https://www.acsearch.info/home.html
