Book recommendations on classic gold?

nwcs

Anyone have any recommendations for good books to read on classic gold coins? Any area is OK as I'm interested in doing some learning in this area even if I can't really afford it. I have the book on proof gold which is great.

RYK

Do you mean "classic head" gold or 19th century gold? And in which denominations, mints, etc. are you interested?

nwcs

I mean <1934 and all denominations

gyocomgd

This was posted a short time ago, explore a bit and you'll find a couple.
gold link

RYK

One book will not cover everything, but here a few suggested books:

The United States $3 Gold Pieces by Bowers with Winter
New, excellent book about mid-late nineteenth century gold coins with focus (obviously) on $3's

Gold Coins of the Dahlonega Mint (1838-1861) by Winter
Great book to learn about the coins from the fabled southern mint

Gold Coins of the Carson City Mint by Winter
Great book to learn about the coins from the fabled western mint

A Guide Book of Double Eagle Gold Coins (Bowers)
Familiar format, very comprehensive

Articles on Doug Winter's website (www.raregoldcoins.com)

The Neighborhood Mint by Head and Etheridge
History of the Dahlonega Mint from the beginning of the Georgia gold rush to the Confederates taking the mint, this book focuses on the day-to-day operations and individuals who ran the mint. It is more interesting than I am making it sound.

nwcs

Some good suggestions, thanks! I intend on buying several. And hopefully get some more gold auction books like the richmond one earlier. I loved looking through that and lusting after the gold I could never afford.

gyocomgd

Ask member "longacre" when he's around, which is often. He loves his gold.

RYK

Neil,

I forgot about auction catalogs...but since you brought them up, consider these three:

Eliasberg gold collection (1882 B&M)
Bass catalogs (II, III, and IV)
Dallas Bank Collection (Stack's)

and Bowers' book United States Gold Coins: An Illustrated History. That one can usually be purchased on ebay for less than $50 and is quite comprehensive, in a general way. I should have mentioned this one in the earlier post.

I am thinking about adding a Library link to my website to show visitors which books and auction catalogs I own. Do you think this would be useful?

nwcs

I completely forgot about Bass' stuff. On my work computer I have a link to the bass foundation education site. Great pics and history.

I think providing information will always be helpful whether for me or for the next gold wanna-oops

FatMan

Neil,

Being the good east tennessee southern appalachia boy you are, you need to go Dahlonega. Check out the Gold Rush Gallery website.

nwcs

Well, I've been to Reed so i should make a trip to Dahlonega sometime. Maybe rent a metal detector, too.

Longacre

I agree with the suggestions that RYK gave. Anything that Winter or Bowers wrote about gold coins is worth getting. There is also a good book written in the 1980's by Paul Taglione about the economics of the coin market that I find interesting. It is not specifically about gold, but it is interesting.