Krause Publications is an American publisher of hobby magazines and books. The company was started by Chester L. Krause (19232016) in 1952 and published '' Numismatic News''. In the

coin collecting Coin collecting is the collecting of coins or other forms of Mint (facility), minted legal tender. Coins of interest to collectors include beautiful, rare, and historically significant pieces. Collectors may be interested, for example, in co ...

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 Clifford Mishler) numbers are the most common way of assigning values to coins. The first edition was published in 1972. In addition, they established the Coin of the Year Award, first issued in 1984, for excellence in coinage design. In the paper money collecting community, the company is known for its paper money catalogs. In 1975, the first edition of the seminal '' Standard Catalog of World Paper Money'' authored by Albert Pick was published. Its numbering system, the Pick numbers, is widely used to identify

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s. Originally founded and based in Iola, Wisconsin, and, for a short time, in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.

History

In 1992, Krause acquire
Deer & Deer Hunting
and Turkey & Turkey Hunting magazines from Stump Sitters, Inc. In 1997, Krause acquired the non-automotive book titles of the Chilton Company. 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 imprint. The company moved to Stevens Point, Wisconsin in April 2018. In June 2019, the assets of F+W were sold through bankruptcy auctions.

Penguin Random House Penguin Random House Limited is a British-American multinational corporation, multinational conglomerate (company), conglomerate publishing company formed on July 1, 2013, with the merger of Penguin Books and Random House. Penguin Books was or ...

acquired the book publishing assets and Krause brand. The magazines were divided among different entities, with Numismatic News, for example, being acquired by Active Interest Media. The 2019 edition of the ''Standard Catalog of World Coins'' included XX and XXI century editions. Penguin published the 2020 edition of the ''XX Century Standard Catalog of World Coins'', but the XXI century edition was not released. The assets of Deer & Deer Hunting and its supporting outdoors products were acquired in June 2019 b
Media 360 LLC
of Waupaca, Wisconsin, headed up by President Brad Rucks and Vice Presiden
Daniel Schmidt

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External links

Krause Publications
- page on Penguin Random House website
Krause Publications
- 2016 archive of official website {{Authority control Numismatics Publishing companies of the United States Companies based in Wisconsin Stevens Point, Wisconsin Publishing companies established in 1952 1952 establishments in Wisconsin 2002 mergers and acquisitions 2019 mergers and acquisitions

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