Modern numismatics

Dive into the fascinating world of modern numismatics with our extensive selection of books, studies, and texts dedicated to coins issued from the Renaissance to the Congress of Vienna. This category offers you the opportunity to explore how modern coins have reflected the social, political, and economic changes of this crucial period, telling stories of power, innovation, and national identity. Modern numismatics covers a fundamental era in which coins became not only economic tools but also cultural symbols that influenced and accompanied great historical transformations, from the rise of Renaissance city-states to the stabilization of European nations after the Napoleonic Wars. In our catalog, you will find works that meticulously analyze the monetary issues of different states, including rare and hard-to-find coins, with particular attention to historical moments such as the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, and the Napoleonic Wars. Each volume has been carefully selected to ensure high-quality content, with insights into iconography, minting techniques, monetary legislation, and the evolution of economic systems during this period. Perfect for collectors, scholars, and enthusiasts, this catalog allows you to enrich your knowledge and collection with unique and valuable works. Whether you're looking for a book to deepen your studies, expand your collection, or simply discover new perspectives on the history of modern coins, our selection offers everything you need. Explore modern numismatics now and discover how these small metal objects have played a fundamental role in human history, influencing the course of events and reflecting the epochal changes that have defined modern societies.

Books in stock: 168.

On this page there are 49-72 of 168 books.

    The Neapolitan coinage from...

    €47.00

    The Neapolitan coinage from Charles to Francis II of Bourbon (1734-1860), edited by Francesco Acton, Michele Pannuti, Gaetano Filangieri Museum, Naples 1975, pp. VII, 180, richly illustrated in black and white, 25 cm, br. and.

    Catalog of the exhibition held at the Gaetano Filangieri Civic Museum in Naples from 23 April to 4 May 1975.

    In excellent condition .

    Promis, Coins of the Republic of...

    €22.00

    Domenico Promis, Coins of the Republic of Siena, Studio Editoriale Insubria, Milan 1977, pp. 83, ill., 10 plates, 24 cm, br. and.

    Anastatic reprint of the 1868 edition.

    Pencil annotations in elegant handwriting on the plates.

    In perfect condition.

    Bellesia, The coins of Francesco...

    €38.00

    Lorenzo Bellesia, The coins of Francesco d'Este Marquis of Massa Lombarda, AstArte, Lugano 1997, pp. 60, richly illustrated, 3 plates, 30 cm, br. and.

    In perfect condition.

    Bellesia, The coins of Federico...

    €90.00

    Lorenzo Bellesia, The coins of Federico Landi Prince of Val di Taro, AstArte, Lugano 1997, pp. 40, richly illustrated, 3 plates, 30 cm, br. and.

    In excellent condition. Rare.

    Italian gold coins. Catalog of...

    €200.00

    Italian gold coins. Catalog of coins issued from 1252 to 1945 with degrees of rarity and public sales awards, edited by Lorenzo Bellesia, 2 vols., Nomisma, Serravalle 2002, pp. 616 overall, richly illustrated, 30 cm, cart. and. with titles on the spine and on the front plate, dust jacket and slipcase.

    Volume I: Ancona-Novellara, pp. 320.

    Volume II: Padua-Verona-Savoy, pp. 296.

    Important work for scholars and collectors. It shows the Italian gold coins with the awards of the international auctions of over a century.

    Insignificant traces of use on the first cards of vol. II, otherwise in excellent condition.

    Manin, Illustration of the...

    €120.00

    Leonardo Manin, Illustration of the medals of the doges of Venice called oselle, second edition with corrections and additions, Co' tipi di Pietro Naratovich, Venice 1847, pp. VI, 116, 7 splendid plates, 26 cm, beautiful and solid full cloth binding, gold title on spine, paperback preserved ed.

    Ownership stamp of an illustrious Italian numismatist and politician from the first half of the twentieth century.

    Ordinary browning, otherwise in excellent condition.

    Gamberini di Scarfea, Imitations...

    €58.00

    Cesare Gamberini di Scarfea, Monetary imitations and counterfeits in the world. First attempt at a general and practical study for the use of numismatists. Part Three. The main Italian and foreign imitations and counterfeits of coins from medieval and modern Italian mints, Forni Editore, Bologna 1972, pp. 345, richly illustrated, 25 cm, br. and.

    Anastatic reprint of the Bologna edition, 1956.

    In excellent condition.

    Pesce, Numismatic writings...

    €60.00

    Giovanni Pesce, Numismatic writings 1941-1991, Ligurian numismatic circle "Corrado Astengo" section of the Ligurian Society of Homeland History, Genoa 2005, pp. 398, richly illustrated, 30 cm, br. and.

    Full-bodied volume in perfect condition. Extremely rare.

    Muntoni, The coins of the popes...

    €760.00

    Francesco Muntoni, The coins of the popes and papal states, 4 volumes, P. & P. Santamaria, Rome 1972-1974, first edition, pp. 1249 overall, ill., 224 plates, 31 cm, imitation leather ed. with titles and decorations in gold on the back and on the front plate.

    Volume I: pp. XLVIII, 240, 45 plates.

    Volume II: pp. 288, 46-104 plates.

    Volume III: pp. 308, 105-172 plates.

    Volume IV: pp. 365, 173-224 plates.

    Fundamental work for the study of the examined coins.

    In excellent condition.

    Very rare.

    Olivieri, Spinola coins and medals

    €270.00

    Agostino Olivieri, Coins and medals of the Spinola family of Tassarolo Ronco Roccaforte Arquata and Vergagni which are kept in the Royal University and in other collections of Genoa, With the types of the RI dei Sordomuti, Genoa 1860, pp. IX, 285 with wonderful chromolithographic frontispiece in gold, black, red and illuminated Spinola coat of arms, ill., 22 plates. reproducing coins and medals (plates 19 and 20 are linked at the end of the volume), lithographed topographical paper folded in frontispiece depicting the fiefdoms of the Spinola family engraved by A. Hoenig, 27 cm, beautiful and solid coeval half-cloth binding, paper plates marbled and gold titles on the spine.

    Traces of use on the binding, some ordinary browning, interior in excellent condition with very fresh paper.

    Rare.

    Lunardi, The coins of the...

    €90.00

    Giuseppe Lunardi, The coins of the Genoese colonies, Ligurian society of homeland history, Genoa 1980, pp. 317, rich in illustrations, 5 tablets. folded, cm 24, br. and.

    In perfect condition. Rare.

    Giuffrida, Monetary policy of...

    €100.00

    Romualdo Giuffrida, The monetary policy of the Bourbons in Sicily (1795-1860), Cassa di Risparmio VE for the Prov. Siciliane, Palermo 1974, pp. 191, ill., 21 cm, br. and.

    In perfect condition. Very rare.

    Simonetti, Medieval and modern...

    €130.00

    Luigi Simonetti, Medieval and modern Italian coins. House of Savoy, 3 vols., Tipografia Poggiali, Ravenna 1967-1969, pp. 1308 overall, richly illustrated in b&w and col., 25 cm, splendid full green leather binding with titles and decorations on the spine and boards.

    Volume I, From Oddone Conte (1056) to Carlo Emanuele I Duke (1630), 1967, pp. 485.

    Volume II, From Vittorio Amedeo I (1630) to Vittorio Emanuele I (1821), 1968, pp. 386.

    Volume III, From Vittorio Emanuele II (1861) to Vittorio Emanuele III (1946). Coinage abroad. Monetary weights, 1969, pp. 437.

    Blooms and traces of use on the spine of volume 3, otherwise the work is perfectly usable and in more than good condition.

    De Sopo, The coins of Naples

    €58.00

    Giuseppe De Sopo, The coins of Naples. The evolution of the monetary technique and the variants of the Neapolitan mint from 1516 to 1859, Luigi Regina Editore, Naples 1971, pp. 213, ill. bn, 22 cm, br. and.

    Fundamental work for the study of Neapolitan coins.

    Perfect condition. Very rare.

    Olivieri, Coins and seals of the...

    €90.00

    Agostino Olivieri, Coins and seals of the Centurioni-Scotti princes who are kept in the Royal University and in other collections of Genoa, Tipografia del RI de' Sordo-muti, Genoa 1862, pp. IV, 63, 1 splendid panel reproducing coins and seals, 27 cm, leatherette binding with gilt titles on the front cover, original editorial paperback preserved.

    Usual browning, otherwise in excellent overall condition.

    Very rare.

    Simonetti, Handbook of Italian...

    €64.00

    Luigi Simonetti, Handbook of medieval and modern Italian numismatics. From the fall of the Roman Empire to the French Revolution, 2 vols., Tipografia Poggiali, Ravenna, pp. 1243 overall, 25 cm, splendid binding in all leather with gold titles on the spine and embossed decorations on the spine and plates.

    Volume I: Chronology, Acaia-Avisan, 1965, pp. 627.

    Volume II: Chronology, Banias-Bologna, 1967, pp. 616.

    The first two volumes were the only ones to be published and analyze a total of 108 mints.

    Traces of use and lacks in the margins of the spine of the first volume, second volume in excellent condition.

    Simonetti, Manual of Italian...

    €28.00

    Luigi Simonetti, Handbook of medieval and modern Italian numismatics. From the Fall of the Roman Empire to the French Revolution, vol. 2, Poggiali Typography, Ravenna 1967, pp. 616, 25 cm, splendid full leather binding with gold titles on the spine and embossed decorations on the spine and plates.

    This is the second of only two volumes published for this work, in which 36 mints are analyzed, sorted alphabetically by Banias in Bologna.

    Slight traces of use, otherwise in a more than good general state of conservation.

    Balbi De Caro, Londei, Papal...

    €45.00

    Silvana Balbi De Caro, Luigi Londei, Papal coin from Innocent XI to Gregory XVI, Quasar Editions, Rome 1984, pp. XIII, 288, richly illustrated, 26 cm, binding in all red canvas with gold titles on the spine and dust jacket.

    Slight traces of use on the dust jacket but overall in excellent condition.

    Arditi, Coin to fight as a...

    €320.00

    Michele Arditi, Coin to fight as perpetual monument of the royal amnesty published by our august sovereign Ferdinand IV in favor of his subjects with his most clement proclamations sent from Palermo and Messina in May 1815. Epistolary memorial extended by cav. Arditi, director of the Museum Gifts, in the Chianese printing house, Naples 1815, pp. 44, splendid front panel engraved by Vacaturo, 24 cm, br. and.

    Famous memory of Michele Arditi, illustrious archaeologist and numismatist, director of the excavations of the Kingdom of Naples.

    Elegant ex libris on the first guard card.

    In excellent condition. Extremely rare.

    Ruotolo, The Neapolitan coinage...

    €30.00

    Giuseppe Ruotolo, The Neapolitan coinage of the Bourbon era between damnatio memoriae and denigration, edited by Santino Bonsera, Basilicata Literary Prize Foundation, Potenza 2017, pp. 107-140, richly illustrated in col., 24 cm, br. and.

    In perfect condition. Very rare.

    Palmieri, Opera complete

    €200.00

    Palmiero Palmieri, Opera omnia, S. Bernardino Graphic Arts Establishment, Siena 1917, pp. 142 with beautiful small headings, richly illustrated, 4 large folded geographical maps, 25 cm, br. and. with titles in red and black.

    Collection of studies by the Tuscan numismatist Palmiero Palmieri (1873-1925): Unpublished coins of the House of Savoy (illustrated); The populace of the Florentine Republic (illustrated); Lucca. Denarius of Conrad I Emperor 1016-1030 (illustrated); The last coin minted in Casale Monferrato (illustrated); An Imitation Sienese Coin (illustrated); Contribution to the Corpus Nummorum Italicorum (illustrated). To the numismatic writings are added contributions from other disciplines: Notes on agricultural geology; Alfalfa (gleaning from old pages); Excursion in the country of the Cunama (Colonia Eritrea). Palmiero Palmieri donated his rich coin collection and his library to the Archaeological Museum of Siena.

    Text embellished with a long dedication by the author, dated March 1920, on the first flyleaf.

    In excellent condition.

    Extremely rare due to the limited edition.

    Catalog of the...

    €340.00

    Giuseppe Castellani, Catalog of the Papadopoli-Aldobrandini numismatic collection, 2 vols., edited by the Municipality, Venice 1925, pp. XIX, 789 overall, ill., 15 tables total, 33 cm, solid coeval full cloth binding, the editorial paperbacks are preserved.

    At the top of the title page: Civico Museo Correr.

    Volume I: XIX, 379, splendid portrait of Count Nicolò Papadopoli-Aldobrandini on the frontispiece covered with tissue paper.

    Volume II: pp. 410, 14 beautiful plates reproducing coins covered with tissue paper.

    A classic of twentieth-century numismatic literature.

    Insignificant signs of wear, otherwise in excellent condition and partially untouched.

    Rare.

    Lorenzo Bellesia, Research on...

    €58.00

    Lorenzo Bellesia, Research on Emilian mints, vol. 1, Guastalla, Numismatica Grigoli, Suzzara 1995, pp. 234, richly illustrated, 5 plates, 30 cm, binding in all canvas ed. with gold titles on the spine, front plate and dust jacket.

    In perfect condition.

    Promis, The mint of Scio

    €100.00

    Domenico Promis, The mint of Scio during the dominion of the Genoese, Royal Stamperia, Turin 1865, pp. 59, 4 beautiful plates. reproducing coins, 30 cm, br. and. protected by br. wetsuit.

    Small ownership stamp on title page.

    Exceptional conservation with fresh paper and beards.

    Rare.