St. Hildegard Coppers Hardcover – October 17, 2025

“I want my work to be a distillation of my short lifetime full of curiosity and wonder and study.” Gregory Paul “Ian Cnulle” Franck-Weiby Feb. 15, 1972 THE SAINT HILDEGARD COINS, lovingly known as “baraks” in the Society for Creative Anachronism, were used for a period of time as a $1 token acceptable as payment for wares by SCA merchants. Struck red hot on 1 inch diameter by 3/32inch thick copper blanks with a target weight of 14 grams, these coins have a satisfying heft in the hand. They are listed in multiple volumes of Krause Publications “Unusual World Coins” as “Coinage of the Realm” and have an international collector base. This is the first complete listing of all types in the series by coin die completion date. This book is a posthumous tribute to one series of Greg Paul (“Ian Cnulle”) Franck-Weiby’s coin art. He died suddenly on 11/11/11. The text used to describe each coin was gleaned from a set of lengthy letters written to his Father. Enjoy his beautiful art and his mastery of the written word. Read more