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Would appreciate any recommendations!
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Although most will say Charlton, because it's been around the longest. I prefer Haxby's Canadian Coins and Tokens, a hard cover for the 1st edition. It's got all the coinage specs, and prices for all grades, plus a grading section and it includes tokens as well. It has been produced yearly in a sft spiral format since then. The photography is infinitely better and they list more varieties. Pick up one a few years old and it will be the same price as a Charlton.
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12/27/2024 08:37 am
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Thank you, will check it out!
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@Coinarama Can't go wrong with "A Charlton Standard Catalogue Canadian Coins, Volume One" as a general reference. Also recommend "Coins of Canada by J.A. Haxby & R.C. Willey"  Edited by Sharks
12/27/2024 2:04 pm
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@Coinfrog
Thank you!
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Thank you for the warm welcome. I will be getting one of these books to start!
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Coinarama. As okie said, get 1, of either of the 2, that is a few years old. Lots of old stock at coin shops with a good discount. My newest Charlton is 2016, Haxby is 2018. "We are poor little lambs...who have lost our way...Baa...Baa...Baa"
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Honestly I would vouch for the Charlton guide; Specifically get the one targeted to your area of interest. I don't make a habbit of buying them too often because other than the focus in that printing, they differ very little year to year. The Haxby book at a glance might seem to have a leg up on Charlton in two areas: 1) has EVERYTHING (bills, non-circulation) 2) colour pictures To that I would reply that I found the colour pictures were much lower resolution than the B&W images in the Charlton, and a lot of the non-circulation is compressed so that invariably what you wanted info on, wasn't there in substance. Haxby is available at the RCM giftshop and a few specialty retailers, while Charlton is available at most book sellers. Either way - welcome to the hobby :D |
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Personally, I would start with Haxby, figure out what you like, then dive into the various years of chareltons.
Haxby has a nice broad coverage of multiple areas. Older chareltons dive deeper into certain areas like silver dollars, large cents etc depending on the year.
I have haxby and 4 years of chareltons. Ignore the pricing in either book, they are overly optimistic and if you purchase at that price, you will likely be significantly overpaying. Coinsandcanada website is a great resource for current prices, when you use realized auction prices (not the generic tables of prices). This forum is another great resource.
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