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Pillar of the Community
United States
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tuff question I like so many
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Pillar of the Community
United States
986 Posts |
Right now, for me it's my Overton 3rd Edition. Breen's Encyclopedia is also a really nice book (extremely hard to find, though)
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Valued Member
United States
167 Posts |
Right now for me it's "United States Proof Sets and Mints Sets" 1936-2002 by Ron Guth and Bill Gale. This book has saved my $$ as I also want the orignal mint packaging. It has pictures of all the packaging. This book is my bible for Proof and mint sets.
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Rest in Peace
United States
3730 Posts |
Red Bookand "Australian Coins and Banknotes" by McDonald.
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Forum Mom
 United States
5877 Posts |
Talk to me on any given day and my answer will change. It all depends on what I'm selling that week or what the bulk of the questions here on CC pertain to.  I have had weeks where I used the Overton book multiple times every day and other weeks where I was into every Krause catalog that I have (including the currency). The one book that I seem to be constantly picking up, though, would be the Red Book. Considering the size of my numisamtic library, it's really ironic considering it's one of the cheapest books I have but is the one that I absolutely couldn't do without. |
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United States
470 Posts |
My fave is "How to make money in todays coin market" or something to that effect. It's on my desk at home so I can't check the title. It tells you how to seek out undergraded slabbed coins, crak them open and resubmit them with hopes of an upgrade and a highly profitable windfall. With the 64/65 and the 69/70 line blurred one click could mean hundreds or perhaps thousands. You have to really work at it but the rewards are tremendous.
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06/07/2007 10:32 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
830 Posts |
My favorite is John Wright's "The Cent Book 1816 - 1839" which covers all known varieties of the Middle Date Large Cents, a collecting passion of mine.
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Valued Member
United States
169 Posts |
It has to be the 1965 RedBook that my dad gave me when I was a kid. I still have it and it gave me my earliest education in coin collecting. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
547 Posts |
Since I have been on a binge for British coins lately I would have to say the Spink Standard Catalogue of British Coins.
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Forum Mom
United States
5877 Posts |
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Since I have been on a binge for British coins lately I would have to say the Spink Standard Catalogue of British Coins.
The Coincraft Standard Catalog of English and UK Coins is also very good.  |
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Valued Member
United States
459 Posts |
Davis, David J., Logan, Russell J., Lovejoy, Allen F., McCloskey, John W., Subjack, William J., Early United States Dimes 1796-1837 John Reich Collectors Society, Ypsilanti, MI 1984. $130 (R-4) Logan, Russell J., McCloskey, John W, Federal Half Dimes 1792-1837 John Reich Collectors Society, Manchester, MI 1998. $95 (R-3) |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
535 Posts |
If you are looking to buy a book, check out https://www.abebooks.com also. Its like half.com. I picked up the 2006 standard catalog of world coins $5.66, an older version (I think the 55th edition) of charlton canadian coins $1.66, and the 2002 standard catalog of world paper money$2.24. With shipping the total was less than $20. They are all old library books, so they have a sticker on the outside and a few stamps on the inside for the library they came from. Other than that they are in like new condition. I just went out and looked, but I didn't see any that cheap. However, if you're not in a huge rush, you might keep checking that sight as well. All that being said - my most used book is my 1999 standard catalog of world coins. Its not as big as the 2006 and its easier to use. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I don't collect books so the only one I have is the Red Book. I only have that because I started collecting them a long time ago. I don't hardly use them, I just collect them. Most have never been opened. No other coin books. To me all books are becoming obsolete. Why have a book that can be outdated as fast as it is printed? The internet is more up to date, more complete and you don't need a large book case for all the books. Unfortunately I do have a large amount of Chemistry books but that is due to my profession and even those are just mostly for show since in the field of Chemistry, most books are outdated as fast as they are printed. Been thinking of throwing out the entire mess. |
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Netherlands
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As for a Dutch world Collector it is certainly the Germen Battenberg for background information and Krause-Mishler for value.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Oh how to aswer this question? I have at least a dozen references that I keep around my chair here at all times. If they don't have what I need there are another dozen or so in the next room, and if that doesn't work I can go home and root through my library. I'd have to say my top three are the Coin World Almanac, 18th Century Provincial Token Coinage by Dalton & Hamer ($200 book, I'm on my third copy), and the slabbook. Closely followed by An Index of English Conder Token Legends, Water's Notes on 18th Century Tokens, the RedBook, the Jack Robinson sale catalog, Coinage Laws of the United States 1792 - 1894, Krause Standard catalog, Overton, Breen Encyclopedia, Grellman late date large cents, The Soho Mint, Breen early date large cents, and so on. Edited by Conder101
06/30/2007 5:42 pm
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