Torben Hoomann

1000 Shillings

A coin catalogue on shillings and farthings (dreipölker) from Swedish-occupied Riga in Livonia and Elbing and their counterfeits from Suceava (1000 Shillings vol. 2)

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Especially during the first half of the Swedish occupation of Livonia and Elbing, huge quantities of small coins were needed in the region for trade and payment of the military. In the course of time, this money was distributed over large parts of Eastern Europe and is nowadays rediscovered both as stray finds and as hoards. The great variability of the features shows how many dies were used for minting at the time and gives an idea of the true quantities produced. Their extent would be impressive even today when modern minting methods are taken into account.This catalogue is the supplement to the first volume of 1000 Shillings, in which the many characteristics of the coins covered are discussed in detail. In fact, it offers more than a third more content than the title suggests, but it is strongly recommended to have the first volume on hand to follow the examinations and descriptions of numerous cross-references. Together, the two volumes offer such a comprehensive overview ofthese coins as has not been described before and many variants are described for the first time.

Produktdetails

• Shillings and Farthings from Swedish-Occupied Riga and Elbing and Their Counterfeits 2
• Verlag: tredition
• Seitenzahl: 784
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 303mm x 215mm x 56mm
• Gewicht: 3159g
• ISBN-13: 9783347687301
• ISBN-10: 3347687302
• Artikelnr.: 65472160

Autorenporträt

Torben Hoomann has been interested in history since his early years and was already collecting coins when he went to elementary school. In the context of the early modern period, he was involved for several years with reenactment of the late High Middle Ages, from where he finally came to the Baroque and discovered the subject matter of small Livonian trade coins for himself. As a chemist holding a PhD in biophysics, he works in GMP compliance engineering for the pharmaceutical industry. Through this book, he brings together his enthusiasm for structuring and systematising with his broad analytical background, beneficially transferring industrial working strategies to a historical subject.