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4 or 5. RedBook of 2005 is very helpful. |
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By the way, for anyone interested, the new Overton Bust Half book is due to be published soon. It's being updated by a relative of Al Overton's. I'm really looking forward to this one! 
Is this date tied down yet? This book has been "in the works" for nearly 5 years now, IIRC. Two years ago I looked into getting Overton and heard that a new edition was scheduled out "soon" and when I dug a little deeper I was told that the "it will be out sson" story had been going around for a couple of years. So I bought Peterson's "Ultimate Guide to Attributing Bust Half Dollars" and I love it. I'm still waiting for the new Overton and I will get it as soon as it is available, I'm just not holding my breath. I hope you are right about it being out in the near future, I'm looking forward to it. |
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RedBook is what I turn to most frequently, but even after all the years, it needs alot of tweaking. My favorite book is Winter's coins of the Charlotte Mint. every time I see a C mm coin I turn to it. Of course I own none! Another I find indispensible is Swiatek's commemorative coins of the US. Least useful for the price-Breen encyclopedia of US coins. Don
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Redbook is what I turn to most frequently, but even after all the years, it needs alot of tweaking.
My favorite book is Winter's coins of the Charlotte Mint. every time I see a C mm coin I turn to it. Of course I own none!
Another I find indispensible is Swiatek's commemorative coins of the US.
Least useful for the price-Breen encyclopedia of US coins.
Don
Don, just curious why you find the Breen book least useful for the price, not enough images, too many obscure varieties, just the price, or....? |
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Don, just curious why you find the Breen book least useful for the price, not enough images, too many obscure varieties, just the price, or....?
adobero- I find Breen cumbersome to use and understand. There are many numbered varieties, without context. I prefer a more descriptive style such as Bowers or Winters use- this yr mm is tough in full stikres, tones well, is hard to findin uncirs, or whatever. Don |
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I added the following to my NR Library.... I love NR's as much as I do my coins!!!  National Currency Analysis w/ Values by Liddell Strange Career of Dr Wilkins by Q David Bowers Krause 2006 Standard Catalog of US Paper Money "24th Ed " ANA Grading Standards for U. S. Coins Spiral "6th Ed" Edited by Mike
01/29/2006 7:13 pm
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Red Book photograde,ana grading standards(soon to be updated from 3rd edition) complete guide to Mercury dimes . with some additions covering walkers any suggjestions?
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Originally posted by SFDukie
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Don, just curious why you find the Breen book least useful for the price, not enough images, too many obscure varieties, just the price, or....?
adobero-
I find Breen cumbersome to use and understand. There are many numbered varieties, without context. I prefer a more descriptive style such as Bowers or Winters use- this yr mm is tough in full stikres, tones well, is hard to findin uncirs, or whatever.
Don
Yes, I guess that's true to an extent. An interesting story: I bought Breen's book when it first came out, and it wasn't long before the pages started separating and falling out. I wrote to the publisher about it, saying in the future they would be wise to sew continuous pages in, in such a large book. Before long, here came a brand new copy in the mail for me free of charge. I don't want to get rid of either book though, since they're both signed by Walter! |
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Being a bit of a generalist, I find myself using 17 books on a regular basis. [:0] All four Krause catalogues (covering 1600-date) for the most part, but the ancients and mediaevals need other works: the Sear catalogues for Roman (4), Greek (2), Roman Provincial (1) and Byzantine (1). I have the Sayles book (only Vol.6) for other odd ancients, the Plant (1) and Album (2) books for Islamic, and Grierson's "Coins of Medieval Europe" covers almost everything else. When I started out in the hobby, wise coin collectors would say to me, "First the book, then the coin.". I wish those same people had also said, "Unless you want to shell out the big bucks on books, don't become a generalist."! Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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I'm surprised, I thought that the total number would have been much higher. Guess it's becoming too easy to find the information on the internet, and less a need to actually own the data.
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Lost for four decades! Cleaning out a closet tonight and I found two of my old favorites. United States Commemorative Coinage by Slabaugh (1962), and 1964 Standard Catalouge of Canadian Coins by Charlton. I went to work as a teacher in 1965, and got married and started my family in 1966. The books must have been packed away about then and only now re-surfaced. Glad I found them. |
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I'm one of the couple who answered "over 100" I actually have nearly 150 different volumes and editions of numismatic books, roughly 200 auction catalogs, and nearly complete runs of all numismatic periodicals going back to 1965. I just got finished this afternoon repacking all my recent Coin World issues into banker's boxes, and 1999-2005 took up seven boxes two feet long each. I have a storage room for my periodicals. There really is no single book I could name as being the most important reference I have, but since I am rather partial to die varieties, I will name my top three in the category: 1. The RPM Book, second edition: Lincoln cents, by Dr. James Wiles 2. The Authoritative Reference on Lincoln Cents, Wexler and Flynn 3. Looking Through Lincoln Cents, C. D. Daughtrey - (I wrote the book I needed to use, so it's one of my favorites for that reason alone) Rarest references: 1. The Double D Guide, 1964. (the first reference on RPMs) 2. The Classification and Value of Errors on the Lincoln Cent, Cohen, 1967. Signed and numbered by author. 3. complete set - COINage yearbook - 1967-2006 Added: I subscribe to the following periodicals currently: 1. Coin World2. Numismatic News3. Coins 4. Coin Prices 5. COINage 6. SLCC quarterly 7. The Sentinal 8. Banknote Reporter I guess I only need to further add that my periodicals number nearly 4,000 volumes plus some 1,500 duplicates...I'm not sure where that ranks in size versus the rest of the world, but I can tell you it ranks #1 for sickness. Edited by coppercoins
02/06/2006 02:27 am
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Good Heavens coppercoins, that's pretty impressive!
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Having seen the light on the Darkside,, I have added a couple of Reference books to my library,, 2006 standard catalog of world coins and its companion volume unusual world coins,,, also added - Coin Grading and Counterfeit Detection PCGS. Rick Edited by Metalman
02/18/2006 2:45 pm
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