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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Name three books that you would recommend to a newbie who is just getting started in coin collecting. I saw this post on another board and thought it might be good to start here. 1. REDBOOK(2007 comes out in april) 2. Making the grade (by coin value) 3. Not a book but a subscription to either Coin World or Numismatic News |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Hi djluster I have seen this question asked many times !! The RedBook is a standard answer, and is a great resource for Identification, composition and history,, But as a price guide is pretty much worthless. Photograde,PCGS grading guide and counterfiet detection, or a similar publication would be my second recommendation. and then a book series specific to what is being collected would be my third . Rick |
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Valued Member
United States
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A monthly or weekly publication will do much in enhancing your knowledge of both specific coin types and general trends in collecting........and in the case of some of them, a pricing guide comes along with the price of subscription. I reccommend the redbooks also as a good reference source. If your tastes in collecting are specific......then publications that are tailored for those interests should be a priority on your list....The Photograde guide will help you in determining grades for circulated coins and is a good tool but is useless for uncirculated coinage of higher quality or preservation.....I still reccommend it for any novice or beginner.
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Rest in Peace
United States
2884 Posts |
Breen's Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonials coins, The RedBook for quick reference and if you are interested in world coins, one of Krause's World coins covering the era you are most interested in. This is a tough one because there is a great diversity in collectors and lots of great books out there. I like Coin World for a weekly publication because it has a lot of diverse information and is good for beginners as well as more experienced collectors. You also get the bonus of a monthly price quide although the prices listed are generally higher than what the market actually is. Mike  |
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Valued Member
United States
159 Posts |
i can only give 2 because I have not used any others but the Red Book is one and the other is Coin World |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
772 Posts |
I started with the RedBook and after a few months I do not use it. I am not saying it did not get used... it probably got over-used. It is very good for starting out, but I am getting into all coins pretty heavily (Especially the Type stuff), and the RedBook did not tell me what I wanted to know. The book that I am most glad I bought was Breen's Encyclopedia. It fairly expensive, but with the varieties I have found within one week of having the book, selling those coins off would pay for the book. Examples, 1897 Indian Misplaced Date, 1945 S/S Or Repunched S Mercury, 1916 D/D Barber quarter, and a 1951 D/? Washington quarter, 1830 Dime with No Period after C. I found it fun to go through what I have and find the different Varieties that aren't normally priced. Also, if you want to get into CherryPicking, Breen's and the CherryPicker's Guide would probably be a good one. I am not big into error's, but if I can buy them at normal prices, and sell them for a nice premium, I am all for it. Speaking of the CherryPickers Guide, anybody heard on when the new edition will be out? |
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New Member
United States
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Hello, I emailed J.T.Stanton himself to find out when Volume 2 of the 4th edition of the Cherrypicker's Guide will be shipped.
I'll keep apprise everyone of any reply ASAP. 8-)
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New Member
United States
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CORRECTED version lol :
Hello, I emailed J.T.Stanton himself to find out when Volume 2 of the 4th edition of the Cherrypicker's Guide will be shipped.
I'll apprise everyone of any reply ASAP. 8-)
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Pillar of the Community
United States
772 Posts |
I tried emailing JT a while ago, nothing. A collector I deal with left a message on Fivaz home phone, no reply.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
772 Posts |
Also, I saw PCGS Grading Coin & Counterfeit Detection. I say if you can find the first edition, buy it. I bought the second edition and I do not use it at all. I would choose to start a fire with that versus 10 year old newspaper. I just bought the first edition and it does a lot better, imo, than the first. |
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 Australia
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Three books I would recommend to any beginner: 1. The local catalogue for your country: Red Book or Breen for the USA, Maccas or Renniks for Australia, Coincraft or Spink for the UK, and so on. Everyone should know the basics of their own country's coins. 2. A copy of Krause - 20th century is fine for a starter, one of the older ones with some 19th century would be even better. An old edition is fine for ID and "relative value" purposes. Handy to have, even if darkside's not your thing, because once your friends find out you're one of those "coin collectors", they'll bring you all sorts of weird foreign stuff for you to identify. 3. An old copy of Sear's Roman coin catalogue - one of the pre-millennium, all-in-one-volume editions. Assists with identifying the "bargain box" type Roman coppers that seem to turn up everywhere, and has some great historical information to boot. The market should be flooded with second-hand copies of these once the final volume of the "millenium edition" is finally completed. I know I'll be getting rid of mine. 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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Forum Kid
Kuwait
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As everyone Said, RedBook For US coins. But I WOULDNT suggest Krausse, for a begginer wanting to buy coins maybe Blackbook for World Coins And Thats what beginners should have. |
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