Book Recommendations

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• Longacre Posts: 16,717 ✭✭✭

  June 24, 2008 7:22AM

  I really like Breen's half cent encyclopedia.

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• dbldie55 Posts: 7,742 ✭✭✭✭✭

  June 24, 2008 7:27AM

  The key books for me are select auction catalogs. The upcoming sales of the "Naftzger collection" will be must have catalogs.

  Collector and Researcher of Liberty Head Nickels. ANA LM-6053
  

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• toreador74 Posts: 201 ✭✭

  June 24, 2008 8:11AM

  I've enjoyed Sheldon's Penny Whimsy, although the rarities are out of date. Have considered shelling out some money for Breen's Encyclopedia of Large Cents through 1814, what is everyone's opinion on that one? I also have Bob Grellman's late date book - more technical, but incredibly useful if you like the Braided Hairs. Auction catalogs are also good supplemental material - Jules Reiver comes to mind because I was amazed at how he collected everything from electrotypes to coins in bad shape to mint state rarities.

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• RTS Posts: 1,408 ✭

  June 24, 2008 9:19AM

  For the sake of argument let us say you are interested in Middle Date Large Cents then: John Wright The Cent Book, William Noyes Vol. 2,
  Superior Galleries Robinson Brown I Sale and Superior Galleries Jack Robinson Sale and Stack's Herman Halpern Sale.
  
  For Half Cents: Breen's Half Cent book, Cohen The Little Half Sisters, Stack's The Joseph Brobston Collection of United States Half Cents and
  Stack's The Philip M. Showers Collection of United States Half Cents and Superier Galleries the Roger S. Cohen, Jr. Collection of Half Cents.
  
  
  
  

  

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• CoinHusker Posts: 5,033 ✭✭✭

  June 24, 2008 10:01AM

  Man, this is an erudite group.

  Collecting coins, medals and currency featuring "The Sower"

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• RTS Posts: 1,408 ✭

  June 25, 2008 12:32AM

  ttt for Wil2008

  

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• CoinRaritiesOnline Posts: 3,681 ✭✭✭✭

  June 25, 2008 12:47AM

  You are very fortunate, in that the field of early coppers has some incredible books written about it.
  
  If I had to pick 3-4 books (there are probably 25-50 "must have" books for collectors who are really, really into early coppers), I would choose:
  
  1. Walter Breen's Half Cent Book.
  
  2. Walter Breen/Mark Borchart's Early Large Cent Book.
  
  3. John Wright's book on Middle Date Large Cents.
  
  4. Optional: Grellman's late date book (collecting the late dates by die variety isn't nearly as popular as collecting the other areas).
  

  John Agre
  
  Coin Rarities Online

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