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Valued Member
Slovenia
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Hi all. I've developed quite an interest on US coins, mainly historical and aesthetic. I konw there is much, much info on the web (a lot even on this site) but I like to read books, so ... As said, I'm interested in US coin history, the why-s and when-s, stories behind them etc. As I see most books on this field come out every year with market price updates. I'm not interested in that at that point. So I'm asking you for an advice ... What book would you reccomend for me? Thank you :) Edited by Dagaz
05/25/2015 08:56 am
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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The Red Book is an excellent place to start! If you take up an interest in different series, the creators of The Red Book have made books featuring a certain series, for instance I have the Red Book Official Guide To Lincoln Cents! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I too plan on building my numismatical books as time progressives. Currently have the RedBook,cherrypickers edition 1/2,a countefiet detection book and a few others. There are so many to choose from. I too would like to hear others inputs |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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The book I have that is very history oriented is the Red Book of Morgan dollars by Q. David Bowers. I pull it out about once a year to re-read it. |
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 Slovenia
459 Posts |
Thank you for your input :) There is some kind of ... well, something surrounding US coins. Hard to name it. Maybe long tradition and rich and also well researched history ... Even if I don't start collecting, I'm finding the subject almost irresistable to study a bit closer. (A funny thing ... Last month I bought 4 Mercury dimes at a fair really cheap and my girlfriend, who's most of the time pretty 'meh' about coins, went in state of total awe over them :p ) |
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United States
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Edited by Tbone
05/25/2015 5:11 pm
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 United States
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As suggested, start with the Red Book. You may notice that every time it is typed, Red Book automatically links to an information page with links where it can be purchased. Hopefully one of them will ship to your location (my best guess is Amazon). |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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 Not sure that any books your looking for would be easy to acquire where your at. One thing you may want to try is the Whitman Publishing Web Site. They are the ones that publish the Red Book and so many others that are mentioned on this forum and many other coin forums. The latest monster edition of the Red Book is 1504 pages and is really full of info but may be excessive for you in some areas. Just not sure how you'ld get those books over to you though. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Best two books that come to mind I've mentioned in almost ever post to new comers on US numismatic books: Both by Q. David Bowers - Adventures with rare coins then follow it up with History of US coinage as Illustrated by the Garrett Collection, both books have everything you are looking for , stories about the coins and the historical periods surrounding them. Then More Adventures with Rare coins vol. 2, Coins & Collectors collectors edition, all by Bowers. Here is another great book you can read for free online to get you going Norweb "An American Legacy" The History Book (above) and Abe Kosoff are all excellent and free here to read: http://www.pcgs.com/books/"Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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Valued Member
Slovenia
459 Posts |
Thank you all for your input :) Yes it seems that these books are quite difficult to get in Europe, let alone in Slovenia (even more so since I don't have a credit card) :) I'll do some more searching, as a last resort I'll ask a friend to order some books for me.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Thank you all for your input :) Yes it seems that these books are quite difficult to get in Europe, let alone in Slovenia (even more so since I don't have a credit card) :) I'll do some more searching, as a last resort I'll ask a friend to order some books for me. Even if you had a credit card you may run into problems due to postage costs. What you may want to do is keep with this forum for leads to on line books. For example there is a book on Mercury dimes on line. If you have a printer, you could start downloading such info and make your own library. OR ask members to send you books but then too, I wonder what the postage would be. |
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Valued Member
Slovenia
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Yes, that too :) I remember when my great aunt was still alive, she was living in Pensylvania, and my mother was sending her coffee (some Slovenian brand) on semi regular basis and she was always complaining about the costs of postage. I'm also suprised how difficult it is to find such books anywhere in Europe ( ebay and such); given the reputation of U.S. coinage, one would think this kind of reading material would be more easy to come by. |
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