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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent unused condition. 2 volumes. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> We have undertaken to produce as far as possible an up-dated reference work on the coinage struck by the Order of St. John in Malta (1530-1798). Our two main objectives were first to give a precise and detailed description of every known coin of this period and secondly to present the catalogue in a simple way which will enable the professional numismatist as well as the inexperienced collector to classify his coins. E.H. Furse’s “Memoires Numismatiques de l’Ordre Souverain de Saint Jean de J?rusalem” first printed in 1885 and H. Calleja Schembri’s “Coins and Medals of the Knights of Malta” first printed in 1908 have been the standard works on the subject but for a long time both works were out of print and difficult to find until they were reprinted a few years ago in their original form. In a span of sixty nine years hundreds of varieties and a number of denominations not known as having been struck by certain Grand Masters have come to light. As these varieties were not described by previous authors both numismatic dealers and collectors have had to resort to the now hackneyed term “not in Schembri or Furse”. Under the circumstances and having experienced the same difficulties ourselves in cataloguing our own collections we have endeavoured to differentiate between the various types busts shields edge decorations and readings. (MP)