Earlycoins1com---Well said and I must agree. If those among our collector fraternity had not chosen to share their knowledge--however flawed or subject to our arm chair criticism it might be (I have certainly never tried nor dared to put my limited knowledge into print)--imagine how much information we would have lost. I don't think anyone is getting rich on numismatic publications. That said--all numismatic books have value and historical merit. Just MHO.
The Redbook is still good for beginners, so I don't begrudge anyone for recommending it for newbies. It is still a decent basic reference for stuff I don't collect, like colonials. Sometimes I like to know what the hell a certain coin IS when they post it, so I will look it up for the basic Redbook info, and that's all I need!
I agree, Coin Chemistry is very overrated. I thought it would give insight on the toned coin market -- instead you get told that toned coins are "damaged" and should not be worth a premium. Not terribly relevant today.
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I agree, Coin Chemistry is very overrated. I thought it would give insight on the toned coin market -- instead you get told that toned coins are "damaged" and should not be worth a premium. Not terribly relevant today.