Sources & Links: History

Source Comment
Rulers.org Major web reference on historical data
World Statesmen Major web reference on historical data
ISO-3166 Country codes
Fischer Weltalmanach German Yearbook (since 1960)
Statemen's Yearbook (MacMillan) British Yearbook (since 1864)
H. Herrli: "Zahlen, Ziffern, Zeitrechnungen" Calendars
Calendar Magic (© EuroSoft) Calendar conversions (freeware application)

Sources & Links: Monetary History

Source Comment
Kurt Schuler Major source for value definitions of paper currencies
F.E. Feller et al.: "J.C. Nelkenbrecher's allgemeines Taschenbuch der Münz-, Mass- und Gewichtskunde" (1858) Major source for value definitions of metallic currencies
R. Sédillot: "Toutes les monnaies du Monde" (1955)
F. Pick & R. Sédillot: "All the Monies of the World" (1971)
Major source for currency histories
World Currency Yearbook (International Currency Analysis, Inc.) Yearbook (1955- 1999)
Global Financial Data Good overview over World's currencies history
H. Rittmann: "Moderne Münzen" Numismatics and monetary history
T. Kroha: "Lexikon der Numismatik"
H. Fengler et al.: "Lexikon der Numismatik"
Numismatic dictionary
Krause Publications [ed.]: "Standard Catalogue of World Coins" Coin catalogue
(in general not much coverage of monetary history)
G. Schön: "Weltmünzkatalog" Coin catalogue
(covers some monetary history)
Krause Publications [ed.]: "Standard Catalogue of World Paper Money" Banknote catalogue
(in general not much coverage of monetary history)
Monetary Research Institute [ed.]: "Bankers' Guide to Foreign Currency" Reference book for contemporary banknotes
(in general not much coverage of monetary history)
Michel Briefmarkenkatalog (Deutschland, Europa, Übersee) Stamp catalogue
(in general not much coverage of monetary history)
ISO-4217 Currency codes
Wikipedia Search for the currency name, non only in English!
(most time just basic info, in a few cases more)

Sources & Links: Languages & Identification

Source Comment
G.L. Campbell: "Compendium of World's Languages" Grammatical structure of the World's languages
(does not cover much of Africa)
Ethnologue Complete inventory and classification of the world's languages
Omniglot Major web reference for the World's writing systems
F. Coulmas: "Writing Systems" Non-latin alphabets
C. Faulmann: "Das Buch der Schrift" Non-latin alphabets
Bundesdruckererei [ed.]: "Alphabete und Schriftzeichen des Morgen- und des Abendlandes" Non-latin alphabets
Geonames.de Major web reference on the local spelling of proper names (geography, current rulers, etc)
Zompist.com Numbers from 1 to 10 in over 5'000 Languages
A.R. Frey: "Dictionary of Numismatic Names"
A. Room: "Dictionary of Coin Names"
Etymology of coin and currency names
F.W.A Schlickeysen & R. Pallmann: "Erklärung der Abkürzungen auf Münzen" Coin inscriptions (in particular abbreviated ones)
W. Rentzmann: "Numismatisches Legenden-Lexikon" Coin inscriptions (in particular abbreviated ones)
R.J. Plant: "Arabic Coins and how to read them"
R.J. Plant: "Greek, Semitic, Asiatic Coins and how to read them"
Excellent introduction to the mystery of foreign coin inscriptions
ISO-639 Language codes
ISO-15924 Writing system codes
Wikipedia Search for the language name
(some articles indeed contain in depth information)



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