DaveG ✭

Most of the story of the coins is contained in "A Guide Book of Double Eagle Gold Coins" by Bowers. (View Post)

Scott Travers' The Coin Collector's Survival Manual focuses on how to go about being a successful coin collector - he has chapters on how to buy coins, how to sell coins, the grading services, coin s… (View Post)

If you're really interested, I still have the proofs of the chapters of Gold Coins of the New Orleans Mint that I edited - hand-written comments and all. I'll even throw in the e-mail messages, too! (View Post)

I like the older holders, not so much because the coin might upgrade, but because (as RYK says) the coin has been in the holder a long time and is, hopefully, more stable. But, the main reason I like… (View Post)