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hello all, I'm new to coin collecting and I was wondering if you could reccomend a good book for starting out... cherrypickers looks like a good one... I'm interested in errors and cents and silver, pretty much anything. Edited by p91
01/03/2007 03:11 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hi P-91 Welcome to the forum !! The RedBook is a great book for beginner Numismatists,It has everything you need to get started. but until you get your RedBook, your more than welcome to use all the resources of the forums, There are many very knowledgeable people here are interested in helping !! So ask any questions you have,, look around all of the forums join in where you feel comfortable . Rick |
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Thank you Rick! there seems to be alot of information here, I really appreciate it.
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01/03/2007 04:14 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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P91, I'm pretty new as well, and the first two books I bought were the RedBook and photograde. Both recomended here by the members and both are great. The RedBook for info and value, and photograde to help with grading skills. I also have coppercoins guide to lincoln cents, which is rather overwhelming.....awesome, but a ton of info in one book. Hope this helps. |
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United States
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I got the "Coin Collector's Survival Manual" for Christmas and so far enjoy it. A lot of the information is repeated, but I have gotten some new stuff from it. I forgot the author, but thus far I would recommend it.
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United States
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Get a good book on counterfeits and memorize it. Also an ANA standards of grading US coins. |
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The RedBook is almost the "bible" of coin collecting for the beginner in this hobby. Lets put it this way, It's a must have! There are quite a few excellent numismatic books available so you will have to decide what best suits your collecting needs. |
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United States
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Buy the Guide Book to US coins, by R.S. Yeoman. You will find info that is not readily available anywhere else, and at a great price. |
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United States
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I am also a newer collector.....Investing and Collecting in Rare Coins by D. Bowers which was very informative. I recommend it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I reccomend Ron Guth's "Coin Collecting for Dummies" a great place to start along with the others listed.
Good Luck
Ben
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New Member
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thank you for all of the reccomendations everybody!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Welcome to our forum glad to have you, there is a reverence book on doubled dies and varieties for Lincoln cents called LOOKING THROUGH LINCOLN CENTS by Charles D Daughtrey. This is the best reference book on varieties in my opinion. Charles is also a member here so he is always glade to help.His web site is coppercoins.com go there also for more info good luck and again welcome.
BRUCE.
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Pillar of the Community
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p91
One more thing be sure to use are spell check I did not use it in my above post and it shows SORRY.
BRUCE.
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Hi Bruce, I think that all Coin Reference books deserve due reverence and good care.(lol) For anyone with an interest in Aussie coins and notes, one of the best inexpensive ones is ' Australian Coins, Notes and Medals' by Bill Myatt & Tom Hanley. ISBN No. 0 7255 1388 8. I think it may be out of print but is available from second hand bookshops. reagrds  Edited by muckeye
01/04/2007 06:14 am
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