This massively expanded 6th Edition of the 2012 Standard Catalog of World Coins 2001-Date brings you up-to-date and accurate values for a vast selection of the most recent coins produced and sold by today's World Mints, Central Banks and their distributors. The 6th edition is 24 percent larger, with 144 additional pages of exciting new issue coinage and extensive value revisions reflecting the burgeoning market for modern commemorative precious metal coins. Housed in these pages of accumulated knowledge you will find: • Current market values • KM identification numbers • Accurate mintage figures • Detailed descriptions • Photographic images • Metallic and other compositions • Precious metal weights Covering a variety of current coin issues including: • Commemorative coins of inventive shapes, sizes, colors, compositions and textures • Popular silver and gold commemorative coins currently rising in value • Circulation coins struck in durable metals for constant daily use • Innovative coins produced in acrylic or hosting precious gems About the Editors George S. Cuhaj is a 17-year veteran of the Krause Publications numismatic catalog staff, a former cataloger for Stack's Rare Coins, and is a frequent instructor at the American Numismatic Association's Summer Seminars. Thomas Michael serves as market analyst for Krause Publications' world coin catalogs and has more than 20 years of experience researching and reporting on world coin prices and market trends.

Identifies and lists current prices for all of the world's coins.

Identifies and lists current prices for twenty-first century world coins.

Identifies and lists current prices for all of the world's coins minted in the twenty-first century.

Twenty-first Century Wonders Creativity abounds in the modern collectible coin market. The Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 9th Edition, brings this inspiration and inventiveness from today's World Mints, Central Banks and their distributors to light in the finest such resource on the market. Working with a team of 100 experts worldwide, the editors at Krause Publications produce an exhaustingly thorough and complete catalog rich with new issue coinage and value revisions reflecting this fast-paced and exciting market. The market is witnessing strong prices for more low-mintage modern commemoratives. Special packaging, remarkable construction and broadly popular themes are bringing 21st Century commemoratives to a wider collecting population, while smaller mintages are ensuring stronger long term support for higher values. Inside you will find: * Current market valuations * Universally accepted KM identification numbers * Detailed descriptions and updated mintages * Thousands of new listings * For the first time numeric grades for all types * The addition of PF63 and PF65 grades Making sense of the 21 Century one coin at a time.