I enjoyed some of it

The author is undoubtedly an expert in his field and enthusiastic about his subject. The audiobook transmits some knowledge which I found interesting. Such as the methods numismatists use to analyze ancient coins and how they are able to date them. It also contains a lot of sections which did not hold my interest, such as the for me overlong while superficial part on how coins and money in general are referenced in language (e. g. "money talks"). Also, numerous anecdotes are mostly only brushed. I would have been interested in going deeper to learn what specific knowledge was derived from certain hoard finds, for example. The book also presents an overview of the history of numismatism itself. This part was not so interesting to me. Sometimes issues are repeated, like the critique of a former method of judging the personality of a person pictured on a coin from his appearance. This critique is so self-evident that for me it did not require so much emphasis. I missed or thought too short the analytical insights, which maybe fell outside the scope of the work: Why coins? How / why were they introduced? Why does coinage change so often. Which problems did the issuers run into and how did they solve them? Coinage and inflation. How did coin technology shift power in societies? Why do we still use them? To sum up I would say it is indeed a history of numismatics from which an interested person new to the field can learn some insight into what a nusmismatic does and doesn't do but which does not attempt to answer all the major questions relevant to the area of coinage, much less money.

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