Book..."Complete Guide to Washington Quarters"

Found this on my mother's bookshelf. No idea where she got it but it seems to have some good info.

A classic reference book or just a pretender?

 

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Keep going with the pictures. I would like to read it.

 

me too.

 

Without seeing the content of the individual Chapters, you'll have to be the judge of whether its any good or not.

 

I'd LOVE to own that book!

 

I have very good news for all of you.

(For those of you who don't blind-click links, this is a link to the same publicly-accessible online version of the book that @ksparrow cited below. Sorry for not saying so in the first place.)

 

Actually what I meant by my question is whether or not this is a well known reference book or not. It has more info than the red book but I don't know if it is an "exhaustive" resource for info on the type.

Pretty sure that would violate forum rules? , if I already haven't by showing as much as I have.

 

John Feigenbaum was the founder of David Lawrence Rare Coins, now run by his son. He wrote a number of reference works on Barber Coins also. I would consider that a good, solid basic reference. It's contents and others are available free at a reference site sponsored by DLRC. http://blog.davidlawrence.com/index.php/david-lawrence-rare-coins-reference-library/

 

It's a very good reference for the silver Washingtons.

 

Actually, an older book, but a good reference

 

I'm a washington quarter collector. My quarters actually comprises the biggest part of my collection. I have a copy of this book, it's older, but I use it all the time. I like the free online stuff, but I also like the actual books too. I feel like I can read them better than reading a screen.

 

Much appreciated!

 

Why would a guy named John Feigenbaum found a coin company of a different name? Where did David Lawrence come from then?

 

Actually, Dave Feigenbaum was the founder of DLRC and the son is John Feigenbaum.

 

So I'm assuming Dave's middle name was Lawrence?

 

I believe so

 

Maybe he just really liked Lawrence of Arabia and wanted the business to have a cool Anglo-Saxon ring to it?

 

I just got my hard copy for US$10.98 shipped from ebay. Who knew Canada Post is now delivering on Sundays? That was a surprise, literally caught me with my pants down. Once I looked at the envelope, it was obvious that the seller made a boo-boo on the shipping quote. I sent him a gift payment for the difference between actual shipping to Canada and his misquoted shipping price. This was just after I left him positive feedback. Still well worth it, considering the next lowest price with shipping is US$22+. Shipping of books anywhere internationally, due to weight, is often pointless, even when the books are free. It has to be one you really want.

Anyways, my copy is in excellent condition and it came with some collecting footprints left by the previous collector. The original receipt and some Coin World cut-outs were slipped in-between the pages. I scanned them for you...

 

I'd say a reference book. If it was a pretender, it would be readily available on amazon, used, starting at $0.01.

How old is the previous owner of your hard copy? I just found out that prior to reaching me, my copy was the property of an 86-year-old collector who picked it up when he was 68, back in 1996.