I haven't bout a new coin in over a year...

Now imagined if those were the small eagle reverse types. Forget the moon. I'd be shooting for the far end of Andromeda.

 

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Maybe it is overkill ...? With all those editions, you also wrote "In edition..." to start your last paragraph. You definitely have books on the brain. I guess the question is, has it been a fun and enjoyable year for you with just the books?

 

some books I'd like to add to my Library:
(This list is in no particular order.)

1) 100 Greatest U.S. coins by Jeff Garrett and Ron Guth

2) Numismatic Art in America: Aesthetics of the United States Coinage by Cornelius Vermeule

3) From Mine To Mint by Roger W. Burdette

4) The American Numismatic Association centennial History (2 volume set) by Q. David Bowers

5) The U.S. Mint and Coinage by Don Taxay

6) Milestone Coins: A Pageant of the World's Most Significant and Popular Money by Kenneth Bressett

7) James Crawford: Master of the Mint at Carson City-A Short Full Life by Rusty Goe

8) Curious Currency: The Story of Money from The Stone Age to the Internet Age by Robert D. Leonard, Jr.

9) Counterfeit, Mis-Struck and Unofficial U.S. Coins by Don Taxay

10) The Official Guide to Coin Grading and Counterfeit Detection by John Dannreuther

11) Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of United States Haf Cents, 1793-1857

12) United States Half Cents, 1793-1857 by Q. David Bowers

13) United States Large Cents (6 volume set) by William C. Noyes

14) Coinage of the American Confederation Period by Philip L. Mossman

15) The 1776 Continental Currency Coinage and Varieties of the Fugio Cent by Eric P. Newman

16) The Copper Coins of Massachusetts by Hillyer Ryder

17) Colonial Coins of Vermont - The Vermont Coinage by Hillyer Ryder

18) The Soho Mint and the Industrialization of Money by Richard Doty

19) Whitman Encyclopedia of Colonial and Early American coins by Q. David Bowers

20) Double Dimes: The United States Twenty-Cent Piece by Lane J. Brunner and John M. Frost and John M. Frost

21) Early Quarter Dollars of the United States Mint, 1796-1838 by Rory R. Rea, Dr. Glenn Peterson, Bradley S. Karoleff, John J. Kovach, Jr

22) Early United States Quarters, 1796-1838 by Steve M. Tompkins

23) The Early Quarter Dollars of the United States, 1796-1838 by A.W. Browning

24) The Ultimate Guide to Attributing Bust Half Dollars by Glenn R. Peterson, M.D.

25) United States Early Half Dollar Die Varieties, 1794-1836 by Donald L. Parsley

26) The Top 100 R4 and R5 Capped Bust Half Dollar Varieties and Sub-Varieties by Edgar E. Souders

27) Bust Half Fever by Edgar E. Souders

28) A Register of Seated Half Dollar Varieties (4 volume set) by Bill Bugert and Randy Wiley

29) The Authoritative Reference on Liberty Seated Dollars by Kevin Flynn

30) Liberty Seated dollars, 1840 - 1873 by Weimar W. White

31) A Buyer's Guide To Silver Dollars and Trade Dollars of the United States by Q. David Bowers

32) A Guide Book of United States Pattern Coins by J. Hewitt Judd, M.D.

33) A Guide Book of United States Tokens and Medals by Katherine Jaeger

34) A Guide Book of Civil War Tokens by Q. David Bowers

35) Hard Times Tokens by Lyman Haynes Low

36) The True Hard Times Tokens by Robert A. Schuman, M.D.

37) So-Called Dollars by Harold E. Hibler and Charles V. Kappen

38) So-Called Dollars by Richard D. Kenney

39) The Token: America's Other Story by Richard G. Doty

40) 100 Greatest American Tokens and Medals by Katherine Jaeger and Q. David Bowers

41) Whitman Encyclopedia of Obsolete Paper Money (4 volume Set) by Q. David Bowers

42) Standard Catalog of U.S. Counterfeit and Altered Coins by Virgil Hancock and Larry Spanbauer

43) Coins of New Jersey by Edward Maris

44) The Early Coins of America by Sylvester S. Crosby

45) Penny Whimsy by William H. Sheldon

46) Proof Struck Coins at the U.S. Mint by Walter Breen

47) Coinage of the United States Branch Mints by A.G. Heaton

48) The Complete Guide to Liberty Seated Half Dimes by Randy Blythe

49) The Complete Guide to Liberty Seated Dimes by Brian Greer

50) The Comprehensive Encyclopedia of United States Seated Quarters by Larry Briggs

...just to name a few.

 

I've always enjoyed reading.

 

Good second list. I got qiute a few of those and well worth it. Use the parsley half book all the time Briggs quarter book very good too as are others others I'd recommend if the complete set of gobrecht journals if you can find them and I love the auction catalogs especiAlly landmark sales like Eliasberg Garrett etc I'll post a few more books you might like in the morning. My library far fom complete either

 

I should buy more book shelves first though.

 

There not hard to build

 

Maybe not. But I still need to buy the materials, worry about people complaining that I'm making noise, and find the space for it.

 

True I forget not everyone has a complete woodworking shop or at least some power tools. Is one of the benifit of country life

 

Sears are much better books. The Greek and Greek Imperial cover not very much, but are good starts. His roman, either the one volume edition, (get the 1988 pink cover version), or the five part series are much better. The byzantine book is effectively complete.

 

Not just country life sir, I have a decently complete shop. I cut mine out at my dad's though since has a couple of specialized pieces of equipment I wanted to use. I need to post a pic of my new office.

Edit: thinking about it, maybe you meant those poor souls trapped in large cities, not us suburbanites. Yeah, I wouldn't do well with literally no space. I am on 2/3rd of an acres here and feel cramped.

 

Yes! iSí, señor! Ja klar! Oui! Da! Ma sì!
Now get some coins or you'll end up as a bookworm...!!!

 

Was referring mostly to those in large cities. I couldn't live like that! My 1.6 acres is small too unfortunately. I live in a small village of about 40 houses and buildings which 28 of are on the national register including mine. I've conidered buying a couple houses that had a lot more acreage and were more remote but this is an excellent location for my business I have a complete woodworking shop too but that's how I make a living. And buy coins!

 

Its a start. Which ancients do you like? I have tons of other recommendations if you want them if I know which area interests you. ERIC is not a bad alternative to Sear for Roman Imperial. The first version is online for free. I am sure someone here has the link.