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Beals: El Numiscadero - English to Spanish, Spanish to English Numismatic Dictionary

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Beals: El Numiscadero - English to Spanish, Spanish to English Numismatic Dictionary
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Beals, Gary. EL NUMISCADERO - ENGLISH TO SPANISH SPANISH TO ENGLISH NUMISMATIC DICTIONARY. Gary Beals, San Diego. 2016. 8vo. (4), 354, (2) pages. original oversized pictorial card covers. Signed by the author. Limited edition #420 of 1000 copies. Special Lists. Bibliography. B&w photos throughout. Spanish and English text. Fine. Learn what you need to know fast about Spanish and Spanish-American coins, banknotes and medals with this new numismatic dictionary. This book is the most extensive Spanish – English numismatic dictionary in the field. The dictionary's author is veteran numismatist Gary Beals, of San Diego, California who has lived in Spain for 16 years. - A first edition limited to 1,000 serially numbered copies — printed in Spain. - It is 258 pages long, a pound-and-a-half (870 grams) book, 17 cm x 24 cm (6 ¾ by 9 ½ inches) in size - Full color, plastic laminated cover with a sewn spine and fold-in wings. - It lists 2,543 Spanish terms and 1,876 English terms, some with many sub-categories. - It has 1,264 illustrations and photographs. - Terms cover those of the USA and the British Empire, Spain and the Spanish colonies. The book has four sections: An introduction, a Spanish to English glossary, a English to Spanish glossary, and a special lists section that includes major numismatic associations, grading coins, current spending power of old Spanish coins, money slang, monarchs of Spain, monarchs of Great Britain, Roman emperors, a list of popes, and Presidents of the USA. The listings at the rear of the book augment the main glossaries and clarify certain points quickly and easily. Lot weight: 1 lbs 15oz. Subject(s): Spanish, Spanish American Coinage.