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Best book for a friend who is starting out collecting gold.

WaterSportWaterSport Posts: 6,917 ✭✭✭✭✭
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He likes Saints and 10 dollar princess's. Any recommendation from a educational/starter information book you can recommend ??

WS

Proud recipient of the coveted PCGS Forum "You Suck" Award Thursday July 19, 2007 11:33 PM and December 30th, 2011 at 8:50 PM.

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  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,932 ✭✭✭✭✭

    What is a $10 Princess? Didn't know they exist....boy out of the loop on gold it seems.

    bob :)
    Red Book of US coins if he does not have on. Will give all basic information like mintages, values, rarity, etc.

    Registry: CC lowballs (boblindstrom), bobinvegas1989@yahoo.com
  • ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,588 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 12, 2018 10:43AM

    I like these....
    The Handbook of 20th Century US Gold by Akers & Red Book by David Bowers

    :)

  • KellenCoinKellenCoin Posts: 1,237 ✭✭✭✭

    Encyclopedia Of U.S. Gold Coins 1795–1933 by Guth and Garrett

    Fan of the Oxford Comma
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    2021 Young Numismatist of the Year

  • ParadisefoundParadisefound Posts: 8,588 ✭✭✭✭✭

    also Guth & Garrett's

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The above books and 'Whitman Guidebook: United States Gold Counterfeit Detection Guide'
    Study those books and you will be prepared for the gold coin collecting sickness - oh, I mean hobby. :D;) Cheers, RickO

  • HemisphericalHemispherical Posts: 9,370 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @WaterSport

    Not a book, but basic equipment: scale and magnet.

    There are other items but these are two inexpensive items that can save a lot heartache.

  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,837 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Tell your friend to only buy gold coins that have been slabbed by one of the major grading services. Tell him there are many counterfeit, cleaned, tooled, etc US gold coins in the marketplace.

    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

  • GazesGazes Posts: 2,315 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @KellenCoin said:
    Encyclopedia Of U.S. Gold Coins 1795–1933 by Guth and Garrett

    This is a great book if for no other reason it will get you excited and motivated to collect gold coins.

  • 2ltdjorn2ltdjorn Posts: 2,329 ✭✭✭✭

    Doug winters books are excellent, but more dated/specific to regional mints.

    WTB... errors, New Orleans gold, and circulated 20th key date coins!
  • WaterSportWaterSport Posts: 6,917 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks everyone - as usual the forum comes through again. The first thing I did was take him to the ANA show in Philly this year and walked the isles looking at Raw vs slabbed, coins graded the same, but pointing out technical grade vs eye appeal, etc. But as you all know the "education" is the most important part. I thought a good couple of books will teach him what I don't know.

    Thanks again

    WS

    Proud recipient of the coveted PCGS Forum "You Suck" Award Thursday July 19, 2007 11:33 PM and December 30th, 2011 at 8:50 PM.
  • Timbuk3Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭

    All are great resources for information !!! :)

    Timbuk3

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