A lot more Whitman Guidebook series books are coming by the end of the year...

Longacre

I took a look at the Whitman Books site to see when the QDB Nickel book was coming out. I found out there there are a lot of other titles coming down the 'pike. Here is a list. I am not sure who the authors of these will be, but it seems that Whitman is making an effort to cover the entire US series. Does anyone know who will author these books?

Available later this year...
A Guide Book of Indian and Flying Eagle Cents
A Guide Book of U.S. Commemorative Coins
A Guide Book of U.S. Barber Silver Coins
A Guide Book of Liberty Seated Coinage
A Guide Book of Colonial Coins
And Many More…

EagleEye

I am the author of the Flying Eagle and Indian cent book.

RYK

Wow! This is great for coins! I will buy them all except for the IHC and FE Cents book.





(Just kidding, I would not have purchased the IHC book were it not authored by a forum member.)

Edit: I will skip the Barber book.

FredWeinberg

I don't know when it's being issued for sure (sometime soon, I think)
but there is also a Whitman book by Bill Fivaz coming out on

" United States Gold Counterfeit Detection Guide "


Great photos, blow-ups, details, what to look for, etc.......

There's been a few books on NG gold over the Years
(Lonesome John did two very good books 25 years ago!),
but this is the most comprehensive I've every seen on
U.S. Gold - highly recommended when it's issued.......

Fred

Pistareen

I'm the author of the not-yet-completed work on colonial coins.

I think QDB has finished 67 different books while I've been working on 1

RKKay

<< <i>I am the author of the Flying Eagle and Indian cent book. >>



When does it come out?

Don't pay any attention to that RYK guy. No one likes him anyway.

Longacre

<< <i>I don't know when it's being issued for sure (sometime soon, I think)
but there is also a Whitman book by Bill Fivaz coming out on

" United States Gold Counterfeit Detection Guide "


Great photos, blow-ups, details, what to look for, etc.......

There's been a few books on NG gold over the Years
(Lonesome John did two very good books 25 years ago!),
but this is the most comprehensive I've every seen on
U.S. Gold - highly recommended when it's issued.......

Fred >>




According to the site, this book is coming out soon. Check out the site. It looks pretty good!

mgoodm3

I be looking forward to the IHC book.

dbldie55

They also have one for Shield and Liberty Nickels. David Bowers even had them put me on the list to get a free copy when it comes out. Looking forward to that one.

RYK

All of these books are coming out of the woodwork. I hate to be "you-know-who" but is this the sign of a market top?

Mark

As a long-term collector, I sure hope the publication of these books signals a market top. In that case, there would be a lot of good books available to read and lower prices for the coins. Man, it doesn't get better than that!

Mark

SDCollector

I have 2 of the Whitman books, the Morgan Dollar book and the U.S. Type Set book, both by QDB.

The Morgan Dollar book was a disappointment. It seemed like an abridged version of Van Allen's book.

I had low expectations for the U.S. Type Set book, but I was pleasantly surprised. The brief descriptions of each series is ok and Bowers advice on collecting is always helpful.

I do get the sense that these books are "rushed" into production. The research in the two that I have is not necessarily ground breaking. However I'm looking forward to the next set of books since I don't know much about any of those series, especially the IHC book.

questor54

Mark, you know of course these will only drive prices higher!

EagleEye

I plan on buying them all! This series, when it matures (it will probably never be complete) will be the answer to the Breen Ecyclopedia. After that book there was a bunch of variety books that came out, mine included. However not everyone collects varieties. I feel that the average collector is well served by these general collector guides that are more specific than the Red Book but not to heavy on the variety front.

RYK

I feel that the average collector is well served by these general collector guides that are more specific than the Red Book but not to heavy on the variety front.

I think that you are correct. I could not care less about non-"naked eye" varieities, but that does not mean that I do not like to learn as much as possible about the coins in series I collect AND series I do not currently collect.