Reference Books

I am 100% in favor of this idea and love the title "You Should Know". I really liked Berk's book and that is why I posted my pages showing my favorite coins.
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/favs.html
It's big fault is that all are my coins and my coins do not include most of the really "Should Know" coins because they are not in my price bracket or don't fit my very prejudiced specialty interests. Berk introduced and I adopted the concept of calling certain groups of coins a single coin. Therefore, of the 200, only one slot would go to Alexander tetradrachms or Athenian owls. There would be one South Italian incuse reverse coin and only one coin of any major category. Would it be the most spectacular and noteworthy coin of that category or would it be the common one available to everyone? I doubt we could agree on a list of 200 "Should Know" coins but it might be interesting to see what our various members would see as necessary. Ancients? Do we limit it to mainstream Greek and Roman or include Provincials, "Non Classical" Eastern coins or Byzantine? This book is getting big! It would be fun. Would it sell? At what price point? Should it be a single volume or split into obvious categories as is Sayles? I'm starting to understand why this book does not exist.

 

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I have to thank @Orfew for a fun book that lists SEVERAL Ancients. Book 1, which is out now has 2 page chapters on significant coins through history. Book one lists Ancient coins from 350 BCE to 20 BCE. 350 pps, probably 150 significant coins in 2 page chapters.

Talks about the HISTORY of what and why of the coin, a pic, where it was bought, etc. Really cool as I enjoy collecting Ancients as placemarkers in History. Rather than a huge drawn-out history, each chapter for each coin in 2 pages long - quick, fun, easy read. Helps any novice or first-time Ancients collector to to find out what kind of coins or history that they would be interested in pursuing.

I am not all the way through it, but I am having FUN reading it!

ANCIENT SELFIES by Clinton Richardson Under $20.00USD

https://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Self...id=1531169902&sr=8-1&keywords=ancient+selfies


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I love the idea of a "200 Coins You Should Know" book and can see a whole series of similar titles.

This idea really speaks to me and I wonder if I should grab it by the horns and run.

Looks like a good starting place is a thread asking for input on the 200 (or however many are appropriate after everything is considered).

 

1001 Ancient Coins to Collect Before You Die

 

Think I missed something...what was the first book that Orfew suggested?

 

I posted a thread about this book a little while ago.

https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancient-selfies.318191/

 

Oh...I see what I did...my mistake!

 

I am not a lawyer but I do research from books and copyright is exceedingly complicated. Basically anything published before 1923 is public domain. Most works published in 1923 and after are or should be considered either copyrighted or potentially so. On January 1, 2019, all 1923 works lose protection and are public domain.

But all works right now between 1923 and 1963 are not protected if they did not have their copyright renewed in the 28th year after publication... so for example, if RIC vol 4b, published in 1930 did not have its particular copyright renewed (for another 28 years) in 1958, then it is already in the public domain. And if it was not renewed in 1958, it lost its protection. If it was, it is likely still protected due to legal changes since then.

note:

If you published something between 1923 and 1963 and wanted to renew copyright, the law required registration with the U.S. Copyright Office at any point in the first 28 years of copyright, followed at the 28-year mark with the renewal request. Without both a registration and a renewal, anything between 1923 and 1963 is already in the public domain.