I can't stay away from historical numismatic literature/books!

FrattLaw

I picked up a Max Mehl 1930 Price Guide last week and now I just poped this one ---

I got his albums now I got his price list as well!

Wayte Raymond Price Guide

Anyone else collecting this stuff?

Michael

airplanenut

That's really cool, Mike! Now what you do is this:

Take that guide which "your dear grandpa (Harold, maybe?)" gave you. Go to a shop (maybe an overpriced outfit where you wouldn't spend money, anyway) and pretend you're clueless... see some nice stuff, then look in that price guide. When the seller says $xx... point him to the guide where the coin is only worth a fraction of that price- in a BETTER condition.

Then rinse... then repeat

Jeremy

mintluster

That looks neat! How much?

MrLee

<< <i>That looks neat! How much? >>


$5.25 plus $1.50 shipping plus $1.30 insurance(optional) plus 8.250% sales tax = $8.48.

Good find Michael.

Coinosaurus

This old stuff is cool, but be careful or you will end up with a PILE OF JUNK.

A very prominent numismatist, pretty much known to everyone on these boards, offered to send me a few boxes of stuff for "free", for just postage, a few years back. I thought I was getting a good deal

Two months later I have 8 boxes of stuff, hundreds of items with no common theme, impossible to catagorize, and no place to put it. I had to make some hard decisions about what to keep, what to Ebay, what to trade, and what to toss.

So, if you decide to start collecting numismatic literature, be very choosy and make a plan, because it is very easy to get sidetracked.

abuell

You really nailed one here. It's one of the very rare 1939 copies with paper covers rather than being hardbound. The paper covers actually were made from the same paper that was used for the dust jackets on the hardbound editions. Congratulations.

FrattLaw

<< <i>You really nailed one here. It's one of the very rare 1939 copies with paper covers rather than being hardbound >>


C'mon, are you for real? I just bought it because I like WR albums and this seemed to fit with the Mehl price guide.

Michael

Cam40

anyway to scan a page to show us some old prices? please?
pretty please? ,with peace dollars sprinkled on top?

Pistareen

Sounds like about time you joined the Numismatic Bibliomania Society! It's a whole organization, with a quarterly magazine and weekly e-mail newsletter, dedicated to collecting old coin books (or numismatic literature, if you prefer).

Check out the website here : null. You can receive the weekly newsletter for free, but it's worth the nominal fee to join and get the magazine too.

The club is one of the most interesting and vital specialty organizations around (their magazine is called The Asylum, which should tell you something). No collection is complete without a library full of books and well-written auction catalogues.

Congrats on your new-found interest!

oreville

Coinosaurus: True, I had to try to confine my collecting habits to only 17th century US numismatic literature. Amazing how the US Mint designed their order forms to order coins in those days!

chrisfuccione

Great find!!! this is what I picked up last week.

U S Patterns Hewitt Judd 1959 Signed

I also agree that you have to be careful or else you will get overwelmed by the amount of material out there. For the most part I am sticking to collecting issues of the NUMISMATIST unless I see a book that is an once in a life time find like the book I got.

I also HIGHLY recomend joining THE NBS. I have been a member for about a year and between the magazine and all the help that I recived from members on diggrent projects I have going on the $15.00 dues have been well worth it. CHRIS

Trooper

I just picked up the "The History of United States Coinage(the Garrett Collection)" by Q David Bowers.
Paid $36 bucks for it and another (Waterford Water Cure).
I thought it would be intresting reading.
I hope I didn't get burned by the price.
I also picked up a Cohen coin price book from the 30's.
It seems with winter comming up I'm starting to stock pile the reading material.
Tom

291fifth

As others have said, try to establish a focus to your numismatic literature collection. If you don't you will find yourself with a massive amount of "stuff" in very short order. Consider just how much shelf space you want to allocate to the collection.

chrisfuccione

$36.00 for "The History of United States Coinage(the Garrett Collection)" used is a good price and an great read. CHRIS

abuell

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<< <i>You really nailed one here. It's one of the very rare 1939 copies with paper covers rather than being hardbound >>


C'mon, are you for real? I just bought it because I like WR albums and this seemed to fit with the Mehl price guide.

Michael >>

Yes, I am for real.

Shamika

I also love this kind of stuff.

bigtonydallas

I have Alan Hagers "Accugrade System" autographed !! lol

LAWMAN

Shhhhhh! Don't tell everybody. Numismatic books and literature are the low-priced steal of the year. I hit used book stores wherever I go, plus auctions, E-bay and antique places for starters. Been collecting this stuff for years and I have quite a library. Just pick and choose the good stuff and don't bid too high (you'll spoil it for the rest of us.)