Book Stores. Does anyone else remember pre internet and finding your favorite coin book?

bennybravo

Mine was definitely that big Vam book, The Comprehensive Catalog and Encyclopedia of Morgan and Peace Dollars. I was in my 20's and it was pretty pricey back then, at least for me at the time. Still have that big ole book, tattered and well read. What was your favorite?

TheGoonies1985

When I collect Canadian coins back then it was easy to locate a store that had a copy. Now even with the internet many Latin American books are very hard to locate. Money means nothing you have to have patience with some Latin American books. They made so few. Most only have a few hundred ever made.

I would likely not collect what I collect today without the internet I would still be into Canadian coins. It would simply next to impossible to do otherwise.

gumby1234

I got the big old VAM book and dove in reading every page. By the 3rd or 4th day I was into the 1878 S Morgans. A couple days later I found a nice XF 1878 S long nock in a dealers junk bin. Paid $8 for it. Traded it 3 months later for a 1908 no motto St. Gaudens.

RichieURich

Many years ago, I found a 6th edition Redbook for $3 in a used bookstore. When I bought it, I didn't know what it was worth, but I knew it was more than $3. I eventually sold it for I think $50.

Manifest_Destiny

I loved this "Action Guide" series of books back in the day.

johnny9434

It's the red book and the Charlton books best that's when I first started...

seatedlib3991

They were not in book stores but I remember two great waits for books.
The first was in the 1990-s when I KNEW the Breen Encyclopidia of Coins was my Christmas gift.
The second was in 2016 when I had to wait for the Redbook on Seated Liberty Coins to arrive.

BuffaloIronTail

I got everything that I own (except the last 2 Red Books) at my local coin shop.

Pete