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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Dadgum! Many of you outside the deep south may not have ever heard that comment before. Basicly, it expresses some degree of shock or disbelief. Anyway to my point. I have been trying to read as much on the site as possible to learn as much as possible about this hobby that has taken over my life. So, I say to myself-self, let's get a book on collecting, grading, etc. I looked here and found some resources that looked pretty good. So, today I go to Barnes and Nobel to look at the selection. DADGUM! there are shelves of books on the subject. My quandry-do I start buying books and not have funds to buy coins or what. Well, I did buy one book after carrying three around the store for about an hour. Bought one by Q. David Bowers on grading. I really love this. Sorry for the long post!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3499 Posts |
jprine- I can understand the reaction. There certainly is a learning curve in this hobby. There is a saying which all great numismatists stand by: "buy the book before the coin." Read as much as you can, and what you buy will be altered by your wealth of knowledge.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Read as much as you can, and what you buy will be altered by your wealth of knowledge.  I've found some great coins, thanks to learning from collectors and from books. For starters, I might focus on a coin series that interests you, and get a couple of books--it's really worth it.  Edited by DVCollector
09/10/2009 9:28 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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G'day,
quote: "There is a saying which all great numismatists stand by: "buy the book before the coin." Read as much as you can, and what you buy will be altered by your wealth of knowledge."
- I humbly & respectfully agree - entirely.
In the trade-off between time &/or money invested, I suggest you browse the CCF archives in great depth, as this costs very little money, and I believe that the time is well-spent.
Peter in Oz
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May I add a suggestion.... Public Library. That way you will have some funds to buy a few coins, right? John1  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The public library is a reasonable suggestion but most libraries are decidedly lacking in numismatic material. They might have an old RedBook and a few other dog eared yellowed texts but the odds of finding recently published reference material is almost nil unfortunately. I always stress the importance of a personal numismatic library to new collectors. This can be an extremely difficult and confusing hobby and some solid reference material goes a long way. I personally recommend spending at least 2-5% of your collecting budget on books, more if you can afford it. Quote:
Bought one by Q. David Bowers on grading is that his new book that just came out a few months ago? |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1599 Posts |
It was published in 2008 by Whitman Publishing. Got to spend a few hours reading it this weekend-really helped me alot. A really good book for someone like me just trying to learn more about grading.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Quote:The public library is a reasonable suggestion but most libraries are decidedly lacking in numismatic material. They might have an old RedBook and a few other dog eared yellowed texts but the odds of finding recently published reference material is almost nil unfortunately. My wife works at the local library and if they do not have a book on the shelf, they can order just about any book out there. Depending on the library, some will do this for free, others may charge a small fee for shipping, if it is out of the local system. I have even got some out of date books when they have a used book sale. Not much for current pricing, but great for reference. |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I wish we had a store like Barnes and Noble or even B.Dalton. What we got stuck with is Chapters/Coles (which really stinks and stocks very little on collectables) and McNalley-Robinson (which is a little better but still woefully deficient).
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1151 Posts |
A couple other options: Amazon.com sometimes has used books at discount prices. You could also join the ANA and get access to books in their library. I do believe that you have to pay shipping on those books. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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funny you should start a topic with this word in it. The reason I say that is I used that comment in a post in a car forum I belong to and was asked what it meant because allot of the young whippersnappers had never heard that term used before. Well it went from a dadgum,dadbern discussion to what a "church key" was which if you remember that you really should not admit it on a performance car forum which is full of youngsters around the age of 18-25
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Posted 09/10/2009 9:27 pm
