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Walking Liberty Half Dollar - New Book Coming Soon

BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
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As per Bowers and Merena's Rarities Auction Catalog, there's the mention of a New Book on the WLH series "Collecting & Investment Strategies for Walking Liberty Half Dollars" which is forthcoming by author Jeff Ambio.

Anyone have any info as to it's scheduled release date?
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  • Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 11,728 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I can't find anything about it, including checking on his website at ARareCoins.com....was his book on gold coin collecting and investing worthwhile?
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  • 50cents50cents Posts: 1,320
    Link to Walker book

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  • 21Walker21Walker Posts: 1,762 ✭✭✭
    Ordering one in the mornin'. Thanks for the link..............Rick
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  • ram1946ram1946 Posts: 762 ✭✭
    Just ordered mine. Should be avaialble for delivery in a month or so.
  • planetsteveplanetsteve Posts: 1,425 ✭✭✭✭
    It seems about time a new WL book gets published! Thanks for the tips. I just placed my order; the woman I spoke with didn't know the exact release date but it is expected to be next month.
  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Collecting and Investing Strategies for Walking Liberty Half Dollars
    by: Jeff Ambio


    Detailed Description

    Part of the “Official Strategy Guide” series, this book is the perfect tool for the collector or investor of Walking Liberty Half Dollars. Jeff Ambio presents his seasoned knowledge and insightful tips for the most beneficial collecting and investing tactics. Ambio?s work on Walking Liberty Half Dollars is one of a kind -- the only book available on the subject -- and offers a complete and up-to-date guide to smart collecting and investing Walking Liberty Halves. This book consists of detailed analyses of each Business Strike from 1916-1947 and Proof Issues from 1936-1942. Strike, luster, rarity analysis, pricing data, prices realized and significant examples are examined and each coin is imaged in a high-resolution format for sharp detailed photos.

    Price: $29.95


    Publication Year: May 2008
    Binding / Size: Paperback 7x10
    Photos / Illustrations: 150 B&W images
    Pages: 200
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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks 50cents! image
    To Err Is Human.... To Collect Err's Is Just Too Much Darn Tootin Fun!
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I ordered mine... thanks for the information... Cheers, RickO
  • planetsteveplanetsteve Posts: 1,425 ✭✭✭✭
    image for the morning crowd.
  • GeomanGeoman Posts: 2,491 ✭✭✭
    Thanks for the tip - mine is ordered.

    However, I am a little "gun-shy" about pre-ordering books - especially on coins. image
  • RWBRWB Posts: 8,082 ✭
    For those who want to know how the coin was designed, pick up a copy of Renaissance of American Coinage 1916-1921. You’ll find everything about the patterns, first issues, etc. to supplement Jeff Ambio’s date/mint material. Renaissance of American Coinage 1916-1921 was the Numismatic Literary Guild Book-of-the-Year for 2005.

    (The 1905-1908 Renaissance volume was NLG Book-of-the-Year for 2006, and the volume covering 1909-1915 came out in September.)
  • 50cents50cents Posts: 1,320
    Anybody got a book review of the new Walker book? Worth the money?

    Thanks, DD
  • Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 11,728 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I browsed through a copy at Summer FUN, and, though a walker enthusiast through and through, it was not a book for me. My personal impression is that it is aimed at or designed for deep pocketed collector/investors, who don't already know much about the coins in the series, but want to build a world class set. If that was the intent, then I think the mission was accomplished. A few examples of the commentary I recall - regarding the 1935S, "wait for a sharply struck specimen in a minimum grade of MS66" Regarding the 1921S 'don't expect to find a sharply struck specimen, and be willing to purchase one with a decent strike in MS63'. At that point I closed it up. I do not think the average collector will get nearly as much out of it as Bruce Fox's book. I'm still hoping Dave Bowers or David Lange will write a book on this series some time.
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  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I browsed through a copy at Summer FUN, and, though a walker enthusiast through and through, it was not a book for me. My personal impression is that it is aimed at or designed for deep pocketed collector/investors, who don't already know much about the coins in the series, but want to build a world class set. If that was the intent, then I think the mission was accomplished. A few examples of the commentary I recall - regarding the 1935S, "wait for a sharply struck specimen in a minimum grade of MS66" Regarding the 1921S 'don't expect to find a sharply struck specimen, and be willing to purchase one with a decent strike in MS63'. At that point I closed it up. I do not think the average collector will get nearly as much out of it as Bruce Fox's book. I'm still hoping Dave Bowers or David Lange will write a book on this series some time. >>



    Thanks... sounds like a pass as Fox's, A.S.'s, and Howe's are all one needs I guess.
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