A world history through the prism of numismatics with 19 illustrations of different currencies tips for junior numismatists!

Since ancient times, humankind has used small pieces of precious metals with inscriptions and designs to trade and accumulate wealth. In recent years, with the advent of bank cards, apps and other technologies, coins have been used less and less frequently. But all that people have minted over millennia has not disappeared: coins have simply evolved from money into the keepers of many stories and become keys to the past.

This book offers to look at world history through the prism of numismatics — the science of coins. Our reader will not only learn to understand the language of coins, and not only be transported to distant epochs and states to meet great rulers and masters, but, maybe, will decide to join the ranks of numismatists and start their own collection. Big discoveries start small — sometimes with a tiny metal coin