Krause Publications is an American publisher of hobby magazines and books. Originally a company founded and based in Iola,

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, they relocated to Stevens Point, Wisconsin, in April 2018. The company was started by Chester L. Krause (19232016) upon the publication in October 1952 of the first issue of ''

Numismatic News ''Numismatic News'' is an American numismatic magazine which has been in circulation since 1952. History ''Numismatic News'' was founded by Chester L. Krause, and the first issue appeared on 13 October 1952. The publisher was by Krause Public ...

''. In the coin collecting community the company is best known for its '' Standard Catalog of World Coins'', a series of coin catalogs commonly referred to as ''Krause-Mishler'' catalogs or simply ''Krause'' catalogs; they provide information, pricing, and Krause-Mishler (KM) numbers referring to coin rarity and value. Krause-Mishler (named for Krause and longtime employee

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) numbers are the most common way of assigning values to coins. The first edition was published in 1972. In addition, they established the

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, first issued in 1984, for excellence in coinage design. In the

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community the company is known for its paper money catalogs. In 1975 the first edition of the seminal ''

Standard Catalog of World Paper Money The ''Standard Catalog of World Paper Money'' was a well-known catalogue of banknotes that was published by Krause Publications in three volumes. These catalogues are commonly known in the numismatic trade as the Pick catalogues, as the numberin ...

'' authored by Albert Pick was published. Its numbering system, the Pick numbers, is widely used to identify

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s. In 1997, Krause acquired the non-automotive book titles of the

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. In June 2002 Krause was acquired by F+W (back then F&W Publications). At that time Krause Publications was publishing 46 periodicals and had nearly 750 books in print. Krause Publications was continued by F+W as an

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. In June 2019 the assets of F+W were sold at bankruptcy auctions. The book publishing assets and Krause brand were acquired by

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. The magazines were dispersed; ''

'', for instance, was acquired by Active Interest Media. The 2019 edition of the ''Standard Catalog of World Coins'' was released for XX and XXI century editions. Penguin published the 2020 edition of the XX Century ''Standard Catalog of World Coins''. However, the XXI century edition was not published.

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- Krause-Mishler's online coin information and homepage Numismatics Publishing companies of the United States Companies based in Wisconsin Publishing companies established in 1952 1952 establishments in Wisconsin {{Coin-stub

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