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need good basic coin books- recommendations

for someone for whom English is, like, a 4th language..

(collector interests are modest at this point- nothing exotic or super-expensive)

TIA, Steve
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  • blu62vetteblu62vette Posts: 11,931 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Since you have an interest in Morgans THe QDB book on morgans is good.
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  • tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭


    ........first and foremost, the red book.image
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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Don't knock this book based just on the cover as Ron Guth covered a lot of bases and it's good for a novice or a refresher... a lot of laughs to be had which is a bonus.

    Can be found used on EBay or Amazon for as low as $3.00

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,650 ✭✭✭✭✭
    For someone with English as a fourth language, you type better than a lot of us who have English as their sole language.

    Basic to cover all generally- the Red Book.

    I also recommend The Coin Collectors Survival Manual by Scott Travers, and The Expert's Guide To Collecting And Investing In Rare Coins, by Q. David Bowers (or "QDB", as he is referred to here).

    Despite the word "Rare" in Bowers' title, the book is an excellent overview on numismatics and exonumia, and not necessarily of the most esoteric or expensive material, either.

    Links go to Amazon.com simply because that cropped up first in keyword searches. Shop around if you like, but add these titles and you won't regret buying them.

    Edit to note that these suggestions are for collectors of US Coins. For good general coverage worldwide (including sections on the USA), there are the Krause Standard Catalogs of World Coins, available in four volumes covering the last four centuries of worldwide coinage.

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  • it's not for me-- I have a very lovely Vietnamese neighbor whom I've met only recently ....image
    WILL WORK FOR CENTS, QUARTERS, HALVES, DOLLARS....

    1879-O{Rev}: 1st coin of my "secret set"
    imagemy eBay
  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>it's not for me-- I have a very lovely Vietnamese neighbor whom I've met only recently ....image >>



    Sure... it's for a friend, OK whatever! image
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  • is true, mon ...

    I carry 30 lbs of books with me all over the place .,....
    WILL WORK FOR CENTS, QUARTERS, HALVES, DOLLARS....

    1879-O{Rev}: 1st coin of my "secret set"
    imagemy eBay
  • ambro51ambro51 Posts: 13,833 ✭✭✭✭✭
    ....anyone else thinking about the scene in "Day at the Races" where Chico tries to sell Groucho all the race handbooks, jockey codebooks etc etc


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  • jockey cookbooks would be interesting-

    getting by on 300 calories a day ...
    WILL WORK FOR CENTS, QUARTERS, HALVES, DOLLARS....

    1879-O{Rev}: 1st coin of my "secret set"
    imagemy eBay
  • slincslinc Posts: 480 ✭✭


    << <i>For someone with English as a fourth language, you type better than a lot of us who have English as their sole language.

    Basic to cover all generally- the Red Book.

    I also recommend The Coin Collectors Survival Manual by Scott Travers, and The Expert's Guide To Collecting And Investing In Rare Coins, by Q. David Bowers (or "QDB", as he is referred to here).

    Despite the word "Rare" in Bowers' title, the book is an excellent overview on numismatics and exonumia, and not necessarily of the most esoteric or expensive material, either.

    Links go to Amazon.com simply because that cropped up first in keyword searches. Shop around if you like, but add these titles and you won't regret buying them.

    Edit to note that these suggestions are for collectors of US Coins. For good general coverage worldwide (including sections on the USA), there are the Krause Standard Catalogs of World Coins, available in four volumes covering the last four centuries of worldwide coinage. >>



    I second both of those books. They have done me a lot of good I think.

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