- Title : World War II Remembered, history in your hands - a numismatic study
- Authors : C. Frederick Schwan, Joseph E. Boling
- ID : ISBN 0-931960-40-1, published by BNR Press 1995
- Languages : English
- Number of pages : 864
- Images : black and white, almost on every page and often more than 1 page
- Indexes : 1. by Country/Territory, 2. by keyword
This catalogue, a heavy large format book, is astonishing, phenomenal, enlightening. It describes the numismatic objects in the broad sense issued during World War II by governmental and nongovernmental organizations : allied nations, axis nations, occupied nations, occupation governments, armies, governments-in-exile, local authorities, army camps, local companies and merchants, and even psychiatric institutions.
Numismatic objects discussed : notes, coins, gold coinage, camp money, checks, orders, decorations and medals, loans and bonds, counterfeits, numismatic ephemera, postage stamps, lottery tickets, ...
The Country quick list contains about 150 countries or political territories.
Bonds and loans are included for the following territories : Australia, Bulgaria, Burma, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, India, Japan, Korea, Malaya, Mongolia, Newfoundland, New Zealand, Palestine, Poland, Straits Settlements, Taiwan, USA, USSR, Yugoslavia