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Access to coins and paper from around the world is at an all-time high, while prices continue to sit at higher than historical levels. With these factors working in tandem, capitalizing on opportunities calls for insight on up-to-date information from a reliable source. With a blend of condition and grading details, updated values and full-color photos of Canadian, European, South African, African, and Asian coins and paper money, this book is the perfect resource whether you?re new to collecting or a seasoned collector looking for solid facts in a compact package. ... Read more

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An accessible guide to trading the fast-moving foreign exchange market

The foreign exchange market, or forex, was once dominated by global banks, hedge funds, and multinational corporations, but that has all changed with Internet technology and the advent of online forex brokers. Now, hundreds of thousands of traders and investors around the world can participate in this profitable field.

Written by forex expert Kathy Lien, The Little Book of Currency Trading will show you how to effectively invest and trade in today's biggest market. Page by page, she describes the multitude of opportunities possible in the forex market, from short-term price swings to long-term trends, and details practical products that can help you achieve success, such as currency-based ETFs.

• Explains the forces that drive currencies and provides strategies to profit from them
• Reveals how you can use various currencies to reduce risk and take advantage of global trends
• Examines financial vehicles that can help you make money without having to monitor the market every day

The Little Book of Currency Trading opens the world of currency trading and investing to anyone interested in entering this dynamic arena. ... Read more

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SUMMARY: The Single Global Currency - Common Cents for the World 2008 Ed. This is the 2008 Edition of the only book in print in the world about the single global currency, and is the only book in the world priced in 141 currencies. (The original 2006 edition was priced in 147 currencies, so we are making progress toward the Single Global Currency.) Written for the people of the world, it describes the origins of the current worldwide foreign exchange system, and tells how to change it; and save the world - trillions. The 2008 Edition contains the entire original 2006 Edition, plus the 2008 Addendum, with separate End Notes, Bibliography and Index for the Addendum. The 2008 Price List is at the end.The multicurrency foreign exchange trading system was developed about 2,500 years ago to enable people of different currency areas to trade. That system has become far more sophisticated in the meantime and handles $3.2 trillion per day; but it is very expensive and risky. It is now time to replace that system with a single global currency. In a 3-G world with a single global currency managed by a global central bank within a global monetary union:- Annual transaction costs of $400 billion will be eliminated. - Worldwide asset values will increase by about $36 trillion.- Worldwide GDP will increase by about $9 trillion. - Global currency imbalances will be eliminated.- All Balance of Payments problems will be eliminated.- Currency crises will be prevented.- Currency speculation will be eliminated.- The need for foreign exchange reserves will be eliminated. Such gains are realistic and attainable if the world decides to pursue them. The monetary unions of Europe, the Caribbean, Africa and Brunei/Singapore have shown the way.Buy and read this book and, then please buy two more and pass them on to others and encourage them to do the same; and work to save the world - trillions. What the people of the world want is sound, stable money and the end to the obsolete multicurrency foreign exchange system. A single global currency is no longer a utopian dream, but a realistic projection of what has been learned from current monetary unions, especially the euro.Each successive annual edition of this book will be priced in the remaining number of currencies until we reach, in the words of Nobel Prize winner, Robert Mundell, that odd number, preferably less than three: one. The world needs to set the goal of a single global currency, to be managed by a global central bank, within a global monetary union, and begin planning - now. ... Read more

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Is a single "Global Currency" possible??
The U.S. Dollar has been the monetary "corner stone" since the
1944 Bretton Woods Conference.

The ECU or European Currency Unit--now called the EURO, is coming
very close to edging-out the dominance of the 'almighty buck".
Iran wants Petro-Euros versus U.S. Petro-Dollars in it's Oil-based
market-bourses.

China, with all it's new power, suffers from Economic Consumptionary
problems. It's like the crisis that forced Chiang-Kai-Shek from
the Chinese mainland, as Chinese farmers working on collective
farms are NOT sharing in China's "new prosperity"--or--64% of the
Chinese populace.This is SOCIAL DYNAMITE.
China's currency is way under-valued.

In short, the year 2025 A.D. is too soon for a WORLD CURRENCY.
I am a sort of an Internationalist, but nationalism, and even the
forces of ultra-nationalism , are on the rise.
Militant Islamo-fascism blots out any meaningful Internationalism.

This book, The Single Global Currency, is still an excellent treatise
in the needed Monetary Reformation of the World.

But the best ideas now in force are the Tobin Tax, and the United Nations
Law of the Seas Treaty.
These are the two "building-blocks" for a Better World Order, but not
a/the "new world order".
Concerning this book that I am reviewing;
BUY IT. I already have.
This book does call for CITIZENS ACTION FORUMS, not "focus groups",
so BUY THE BOOK!!
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This reissued investment classic by financial guru Benjamin Graham expounds on the theories presented in the authorOs previous masterpiece, Storage and Stability, offering a more global focus on the subject of stockpiling raw materials as a means of achieving expansion and stability in a postwar economy. Graham maintains that stabilization of commodities offers a comparatively simple technique by which the world could achieve the fourfold objective of foreign-exchange stability, reasonable price stability, protective stockpiles, andNmost importantlyNa balanced expansion of the worldOs output and consumption of useful goods. ... Read more

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In The Intelligent Forex Investor: World Currency and World Commodities, Graham offers a more global analysis of the systems that could reduce dangerous cycles of price instability in order to achieve stability in a postwar economy. Graham, in an astonishing display of foresight, shows how commodity reserves should play an important part in any economic policy.Throughout the book, Graham maintains that stabilization of commodities offers a comparatively simple technique by which the world could achieve the fourfold objective of foreign-exchange stability, reasonable price stability, protective stockpiles, and - most importantly - a balanced expansion of the world's output and consumption of useful goods. ... Read more

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Same book as "World Commodities and World Currencies"
Although the title is "The Intelligent Forex Investor - World Currency and World Commodities" it is the same exact old book with the title "World Commodities and World Currencies" and doesn't teach you how to invest in forex. It is not the famous "intelligent investor" of the Ben.Gram for forex. The title is so misleading and the reverse "World Commodities and World Currencies" to World Currencies and World Commodities". I love Ben.Gram books and I owned all of them so when I saw this book in amazon I buy it and then realised it is the same old book. ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Discusses perspectives on global markets with regard to impact and development of the euro, the Asian crisis, globalization and consolidation on financial markets. A key theme is the need for new levels of governance adapted to the present levels of interdependence. New technologies (Internet, e-commerce), global standards, transparency and regulation are among the factors pushing from "globalization" towards "integration". ... Read more

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"An ambitious mix of economic history, biography and good old-fashioned storytelling...the end result is a meticulously-researched account of sterling's development over the ages." "THE TIMES" ... Read more

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Unacceptable lack of illustrations
I bought the paperback edition at a flea market recently (Nov 2007) and found it a generally enjoyable read. The author takes a chronological amble through British (mostly English) history and the relevant issues driving the evolution of the coinage. The last chapter on the future of the pound vs the Euro stands up quite well today even though it was written in 2000. However, as the author constantly mentions the beauty or ugliness of numerous different coins throughout history the complete lack of illustrations is unacceptable.

Entertaining romp with England's majestic currency
A wonderful book for the casual historian or any numismatist with an interest in English coinage.Sinclair takes us back, way back, to the old Saxon kings in his quest to describe the ascendancy of the pound sterling.Stopping for a moment at all the important events in English currency from Offa through the development, and many absements of the penny we get to see all the noteable monarchs form a slightly different angle.The facts are well researched and documented, often from primary sources, and the text is an easy read.

The driving force behind British history
What a super book, taugh me more about REAL history than many others - this is about the driving force that steers an economy from barter into true commerce, and the people who made it happen. Some of them are a surprise, being revealed as less (or more, as the case may be) than one's previous conceptions. The populace doesn't suddenly decide they want a change of ruler or government - something prompts it,and we learn that money (or the lack) is usually the root cause.

But the main thrust of the book is the Pound - initially just that, a weight of precious metal, almost useless for normal business, so the economies of scale and convenience demanded an alternative, and also some method of defeating the 'clippers', forgers and money launderers (a long-standing problem, this!).

Impeccable research and a flowing style make this an eminently readable and enjoyable book. *****.

Absolutely Awful!
Popular histories of everyday items such as the British monetary unit don't have to be this poorly done.The political and social history presented under the guise of a "biography" of the pound is riddled with errors.Apparently, the author was asleep during his history classes in school.

This book's presentation of the economic and numismatic history of the pound is even more inaccurate.The author would have us believe that Britain has been a strictly insular phenomenon since the before the Romans and that trade & coinage influences only passed outward towards the continent.

Popular histories of those small things we receive the past without much consideration can be both enjoyable reading and enlightening.This book is, unfortunately, neither.I had a very hard time finishing it - the writing style put me to sleep.Its glaring errors will make one wince.

Save your pence and spend them elsewhere. ... Read more

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From the #1 coin value publication, this volume contains over 50,000 entries-more than any other guide-and includes vintage information, specifications, varieties, and values for more levels of preservation. ... Read more

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Not for the beginner
This is a focused book for the initiated.But a very complete compillation.Focuses on values. ... Read more

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From the editors of the #1 coin collecting publication-the biggest and most comprehensive coin guide available, with values for 50,000 coins, information on the popular state quarters program, and actual-size photos of coins throughout. ... Read more

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FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Explores the evolution of currency, tracing its history from the beginnings of the bartering system to new currencies of modern day. The author also discusses the concept of currency, the role of currency in daily life, and its continuing development. ... Read more

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Occupation & Money
EXCELLENT book about a little known but very important aspect of WWII.

Evidently, while politically incorrect to acknowledge at the time, Germans did a pretty good job of running the monetary aspects of captive countries. Victorious allies paid minimal attention & on balance did a bad job of running their prizes.It took 2 years for the US to grasp that they needed to pay attention to running their countries.

Clearest example: when US liberated southern Italy, in addition to immediately dismissing all fascists from government positions (thereby rendering necessary government & social functions inoperable--sound familiar?), paid minimal attention to the inflationary pressures of well paid GIs.Where an Italian newspaper sold for 60 centimes, the smallest bill a GI would have were 10 lire.INFLATION!

Excellent read. ... Read more

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Europe: A young Australian travels in pursuit of a middle-European actress (2 acts, 1 man, 1 woman). On Top of the World: an elderly man, isolated by his daughter, is visited by his son and an old woman (2 acts, 2 men, 2 women). ... Read more

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This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press in 1908 in 53 pages; Subjects: Hungary; History / Europe / Eastern; History / Europe / Austria ... Read more

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This comprehensive guide is the perfect book for new coin collectors and experienced numismatists alike, featuring the most up-to-date information available about this fascinating hobby. Fully indexed with actual size photos of every regularly issued U.S. coin, this book gives you the essential information on grading, production, and much more! . ... Read more

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A great book fora coincolletor or a person who likes coins
I like this book and ilearned alot from it about collecting silverdollars and prices of coins. I also learned about errors and all the kinds of grading of coins and where they are made and stuff a must for coin collectors. ... Read more