Numismatic Chronicle
The Numismatic Chronicle is still published once a year by the Royal Numismatic Society.
Until someone organizes the tables of contents for these early issues online, I recommend searching for individual authors using The American Numismatic Society library catalog.
The 1922 and earlier volumes are public domain (in the United States). The following volumes are available from the Internet Archive. The Internet Archive books are not searchable online, but the downloaded PDF files include searchable text.
- Jun 1836-Apr 1837 (The Numismatic Journal, v. 1)
- June 1838-April, 1839 (1st series, v. 1)
- June 1839-Apr 1840 (1st series, v. 2)
- Apr 1841-Jan 1842 (1st series, v. 4)
- Apr 1844-Jan 1845 (1st series, v. 7)
- 1848 (1st series, v. 10)
- Apr 1852-Jan 1853 (1st series, v. 15)
- 1856 (1st series, v. 18)
- 1858 (1st series, v. 19)
- April 1867-January 1858 (1st series, v. 20)
- 1862 (2nd series, v. 2)
- 1863 (2nd series, v. 3)
- 1865 (2nd series, v. 5)
- 1866 (2nd series, v. 6)
- 1867 (2nd series, v. 7)
- 1868 (2nd series, v. 8)
- 1869 (2nd series, v. 9)
- 1871 (3rd series, vol. 11)
- 1872 (2nd series, v. 12)
- 1878 (2nd series, v. 18)
- 1887 (3rd series, v. 7)
- 1888 (3rd series, v. 8)
- 1897 (3rd series, v. 17)
- 1898 (3rd series, vol. 18)
- 1900 (3rd series, vol. 20)
- 1901 (4th series, v. 1)
- 1902 (4th series, v. 2)
- 1903 (4th series, v. 3)
- 1905 (4th series, v. 5)
- 1907 (4th series, v. 7)
- 1909 (4th series, v. 9)
- 1911 (4th series, v. 11)
- 1912 (4th series, v. 12)
- 1913 (4th series, v. 13)
- 1914 (4th series, v. 14)
- 1915 (4th series, v. 15)
- 1916 (4th series, v. 16)
The following volumes can be read on line via Google Print. Google may restrict access in countries with differing copyright law, see below for a work-around and tips. Note that many Google volumes lack plates. Google's web site allows the contents of each book to be searched, but downloaded PDFs are not searchable.
- Jul 1840-Jan 1841 (v. 3)
- Apr 1842-Jan 1843 (v. 5)
- 1844 (v. 7)
- 1846 SNIPPET VIEW ONLY
- 1848 SNIPPET VIEW ONLY
- Apr 1848-Jan 1849 (v. 11)
- Apr 1849-Jan 1850 (v. 12)
- Apr 1850-Jan 1851 (v. 13)
- Apr 1851-Jan 1852 (v. 14)
- Apr 1853-Jan 1854 (v. 16)
- Apr 1854-Jan 1855 (v. 17)
- v. 18
- Apr 1856-Jan 1857 (v. 19)
- 1861 (2nd or New Series, vol. 1)
- 1862
- 1863 SNIPPET VIEW ONLY (use MBP)
- 1864 SNIPPET VIEW ONLY
- 1865 SNIPPET VIEW ONLY (use MBP)
- 1866 SNIPPET VIEW ONLY (use MBP)
- 1867 SNIPPET VIEW ONLY
- 1868 (2nd series, v. 8)
- 1869 SNIPPET VIEW ONLY
- 1870 (2nd series, v. 10)
- 1872 (2nd series, v. 12)
- 1873 (2nd series, v. 13)
- 1874 (2nd series, v. 14)
- 1875 (2nd series, v. 15)
- 1876 (2nd series, v. 16)
- 1877 (2nd series, v. 17)
- 1878 (use MBP)
- 1879 (2nd series, vol. 19)
- 1880 (2nd series, vol. 20)
- 1881 (3rd series, vol. 1)
- 1882 (3rd series, vol. 2)
- 1883 (3rd series, vol. 3)
- 1884 (3rd series, vol. 4)
- 1885 (3rd series, vol. 5)
- 1886 (3rd series, vol. 6)
- 1887 (3rd series, vol. 7)
- 1888 (3rd series, vol. 8)
- 1889 (3rd series, vol. 9)
- 1890 (3rd series, vol. 10)
- 1891 (3rd series, vol. 11)
- 1892 (3rd series, vol. 12)
- 1893 (3rd series, vol. 13)
- 1894 (3rd series, vol. 14)
- 1895 (3rd series, vol. 15)
- 1896 (3rd series, vol. 16)
- 1897 SNIPPET VIEW ONLY (use MBP)
- 1898 (3rd series, vol. 18)
- 1899 (3rd series, vol. 19)
Google Book Search blocks most volumes for non-US web users
In many countries copyright extends 70 years past the death of the author. Each article in Numismatic Chronicle has a different author, but Google doesn't have per-article copyright control, nor does it know when each author died. For this reason, most Numismatic Chronicle volumes are unreadable outside the U.S.
You may access this site via 'proxyguy' to appear to Google as a US web user. However, doing so may cause you to violate local laws. To ensure compliance with your countries' copyright law, please consult Wikipedia's list of countries' copyright durations to find the length of copyright in your country. Look up the death year of the authors whose works you desire in Clain-Stefanelli's Numismatic Bibliography. For example, if you live in Australia it is legal for you to read the works of George Hill (died 1948), but not if you live in Ireland.
Plates:
See PLATES for low-res images of the plates from the 1897, 1902, 1905, 1907, 1909, and 1913 volumes. These are all from the Million Book Project. Google's scans are often missing plates, but I haven't yet attempted to organize the remaining ones.
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