British Tokens And Their Values

Idioma: inglés

Editorial: Seaby, 1984

0900652659 / 9780900652653

Librería: Crappy Old Books, Barry, Reino UnidoCrappy Old Books

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British Tokens and Their Values (1984) by Peter Seaby & Monica Bussell Publisher: Seaby | ISBN: 0900652659 | Condition: Good (with civic seasoning) Proudly exiled from Camden Libraries, now rehomed via Crappy Old Books Ah, 1984?not just Orwell?s dystopia, but also the year Seaby and Bussell decided the world desperately needed a comprehensive guide to British tokens. Tokens! Those humble discs of metal that once stood in for money when the Royal Mint was too busy doing whatever the Royal Mint does. Here you?ll find tavern checks, transport tokens, coal pit tallies, and other fragments of everyday history that jingled in pockets long before contactless payments and Apple Pay. This particular copy? It?s an ex-library survivor, carrying the proud scars of public service. ?Public Libraries Camden? is embossed on the cover in a way that says: once I belonged to everyone, now I belong to you . There may be the faintest whiff of institutional carpet glue, the odd pencilled catalogue code, and perhaps a ghostly memory of being stamped ?RETURN BY 15 MAY 1987.? In other words, it?s Good ?library good. Robust. Battle-tested. Possibly better laminated against the elements than most of us. Inside, the scholarship is earnest and oddly charming. Meticulously listed values, neat line drawings, and the unspoken promise that one day, perhaps, the bag of ?worthless coppers? in your grandfather?s shed might fund your early retirement (spoiler: it won?t). Why do you need this book? Because numismatics is the new rock ?n? roll. Because ?token collector? sounds faintly cooler than ?cryptocurrency enthusiast.? Because owning an ex-library book makes you feel like you?ve stolen a tiny piece of municipal history without actually breaking the law. In short: British Tokens and Their Values ?a slightly scuffed, Camden-branded slice of cataloguing zeal, still perfectly Good , and still proudly jingling with irony in the hands of Crappy Old Books .…

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Detalles bibliográficos

Título
British Tokens And Their Values
Autor
Peter Seaby and Monica Bussell
Editorial
Seaby
Año de publicación
1984
Estado
Good
Encuadernación
Hardback
Idioma
inglés
ISBN 10
0900652659
ISBN 13
9780900652653

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