Posted 03/30/2008 12:49 am
For US coins, Bryan is right on about the Grey sheet (CDN -Coin Dealer's Newsletter).
Books are very important - but more for things like history, mintages, varieties, pictures of the coins, etc. Even the supposed price guides are terribly out of date by the time you get them.
If you want a short list that most people would agree with:
- The Red Book (For US coins- Prices and basically the "Standard" book)
- Krause World Coins Book - These are sold by Century - 20th, 19th, etc.
Those 2 will give you a great overview. If you decide to continue collecting coins, you will want these books -so you can buy them and not worry about regretting it later.
In fact, if you're more interested about information and not so much about prices, you can buy older versions of the books above for a lot less.
I bought the Krause 20th Century Coin Book (10th Edition) from Amazon.com for less than $10 shipped and it's all I'll need for quite awhile.
Books are very important - but more for things like history, mintages, varieties, pictures of the coins, etc. Even the supposed price guides are terribly out of date by the time you get them.
If you want a short list that most people would agree with:
- The Red Book (For US coins- Prices and basically the "Standard" book)
- Krause World Coins Book - These are sold by Century - 20th, 19th, etc.
Those 2 will give you a great overview. If you decide to continue collecting coins, you will want these books -so you can buy them and not worry about regretting it later.
In fact, if you're more interested about information and not so much about prices, you can buy older versions of the books above for a lot less.
I bought the Krause 20th Century Coin Book (10th Edition) from Amazon.com for less than $10 shipped and it's all I'll need for quite awhile.
