This is a book that should appeal to the general reader who wants to know more about Australias coinage and its fascinating history. It deals with its subject in an informal and topical way without too much technical jargon or irrelevant detail. There is an emphasis on advice for amateur coin collectors and anyone thinking of starting a collection. Along the way, you will come across some odd facts and interesting byways, together with stories and anecdotal information covering a wide spectrum of special, unusual, and historical types of coinage. Those may be less likely to find their way into the average household collection, but there is a full guide to the coins that you will want as a home collector, supplemented by lists and catalogues that will be useful for checking if anything is missing. At the end, there is a colored virtual album.
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David Miller started collecting coins at the age of 2½ – or was it 12½? – he can’t remember exactly. When he was not learning about and collecting coins he was running a medical practice, looking after patients with kidney disease, teaching and writing, but by then he was a bit older. Each occupation provided a welcome diversion from the others. These days he lives by the beach, where he wastes his time watching sunsets, surfers, dolphins and whales – and collecting coins. If the earth were flat he would have a distant view of Antarctica.
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