What reading advice would you give for novice collectors?
Windycity
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If you were to give advice to a novice collector about books to read before they buy coins, which would you recommend? Let's assume they have an interest in US coins but haven't narrowed their focus to a particular series or type or even modern or classic. What would your list of 4-5 books include?
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60 years into this hobby and I'm still working on my Lincoln set!
Deisher B/Making the Grade: A Grading Guide to the Top 50 Most Widely Collected U.S.
Coins
Lange DW/History of the United States Mint and its Coinage
Travers SA/The Coin Collector’s Survival Manual
Vermeule C/Numismatic Art in America: Aesthetics of the United States Coinage
Yeoman RS/A Guide Book of U.S. Coins [aka The Red Book]
RMR: 'Wer, wenn ich schriee, hörte mich denn aus der Engel Ordnungen?'
CJ: 'No one!' [Ain't no angels in the coin biz]
Try to get to an ANA grading seminar. They have them at some shows, or go to the Summer Seminar.
<< <i>Red Book #1 >>
Agree. Great overview and lots of pictures.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
<< <i>Bowers QD/The Expert’s Guide to Collecting & Investing in Rare Coins >>
This.
Also -
The History of United States Coinage As Illustrated by the Garrett Collection, also by Bowers.
Or pretty much anything else by QDB.