whats the latest numismatic book you have read?

Paper Money of the United States 5th Edition (1964) by Robert Friedberg. I'm not a big collector of paper money but its interesting reading all the same.

 

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I was just reading the 100 greatest us coins, but make daily forays into Breens's Complete encyclopedia of ... you know the rest. I couldn't live without my numismatic literature.

 

Speedy, Thats the book I'm reading now. He seems to be quite ambitious to say the least.

 

the book is good---I'm not so sure about the Dr.
But is has gotten me on the hunt for a counter-stamped coin from him!

Speedy

 

Million Dollar Nickels: Mysteries of the 1913 Liberty Head Nickels Revealed.
by Paul Montgomery, Mark Borckardt, Ray Knight

Couldn't put it down.

 

I agree with srkjkd, I could not imagine collecting without a library, especially for exonumia. This was a good week, as I picked up 11 more books, bringing the total up to nearly 200 references just on exonumia, not even counting the auction catalogs, society journals, and the small amount of regular coinage issue related books. I am just starting to read "Explosive Control Tokens" by David Schenkman, and find it pretty interesting so far. It includes some interesting background with accompanying photos. I have about a dozen exploders already, so now I can id them as well.

 

Hello everyone, Like some of the others I've just read "The Expert's Guide to Collecting & Investing In Rare Coins" by Q. David Bowers. I had read it several months ago and found myself picking it up again, its a great book and full of information. The paper back copy of "The Coin Collectors Survival Manual" by Scott A. Travers (fifth edition) is what I read before the book by Mr. Bowers. The survival manual is also a good reference and basically tries to teach everyone about common sence and what to look for from dealers. Michael

 

I have been thoroughly reading and studying the VAM Encyclopedia and working on my Morgan Dollar attributions.

 

Shortgapbob, Whats up? I have some Morgans, I have a complete date set that consist of all Carson City coins or either Philadelphia coins. I've found that the 1899-P Morgan is a very hard coin to come by, I looked over a year before I found one. The VAM varieties of these coins is very vast from my understanding and I've never personally indulged in the Vam varieties but I'm sure it is very interesting. Do you plan on collecting one of each variety? Good hunting and have fun for I'm sure it will be interesting. Morgans....I've been very fortunate in my travels to coin shows and meeting dealers across the country and am proud to have collected a complete mint and date set also of the Morgans Silver dollars, and yep' that encludes a 1895-P certified PCGS-Proof 62 also the 1893-S certified, the 1889CC certified, The 1894-P and several others that are a must for authenication. Needless to say I have a sizeable investment in this collection...but it is truely a "rush of adrinadline" when I hold it in my hands and look at the coins, hopefully my son at some time in his life will appreciate what it stands for in history when he holds it and how very lucky he is to hold a complete set. Good luck and best wishes, Michael

 

Michael,

Wow...you sure do have some Morgans!! The 1895P is surely a sizable investment on its own! To answer your question, I haven't been overly organized in my Morgan collecting, although the general goal has been a nice uncirculated date set to start out with. But, I am also the type that will purchase any coin if it has eye appeal and is right for the money, even if I already have a half dozen of them. The VAM collecting just seemed like the next logical step for me. There are so many common date dollars around at shows and auctions that searching for varieties will add some flavor to my collecting. But I am first trying to maximize my knowledge about VAMs before I go overboard collecting them.

 

gotta agree with just carl: I dont read coin books. BUt the PCGS guide to counterfeit detection sounds like an interesting and important book. The book store has a paperback guide on Morgans: I think its a whitman publication. That Im gonna buy fairly soon.

 

Shortgapbob, good afternoon! Sounds like a plan to me. Having a good knowledge of the coin/coins your interested in is always a positive for the collector/buyer. Like yourself I buy Barber Halves and Walking Halves when I see a really nice piece, even though I may have several. I love to buy the Barber Half 1914-P and the 1916-S, 1921, 1921-D and the 1938-D in the Walking Halves just to take them out of circulation, its just something I get a kick out of. A date set of Morgans is a good goal to set with an affordable price. Nice to converse with you! Good luck and happy hunting. Michael/starnote111

 

Cool thread.

I'm reading several books about coin grading. Found out about 'em at the ANA website. Taking their correspondence course.

 

What all does that involve? Whats it cost???


I need to look into that, as I really need to learn more about grading....

 

Its just my 1/2 cent worth of thinking----but I think the ANA correspondence course needs to be updated--their grading is "out of date", since Market grading as taken over, and some of their thinking just doesn't seem totaly right.
I have the DVD Grading Mint State US Coins and IMO it needs to be updated.....and someone else needs to do the talking because it is really dry......

Speedy