What Books are in your Numismatic Collection?

I am a member. I even says so in my signature. How else would I get the newer ones? I have borrowed several items on German coins from them in the last year. As for the online archive of the Numismatist, I have looked at it but I hate reading stuff online: give me a printed copy any time. I am a long time subscriber to NN and was very annoyed when they cut it back to 36 print editions a year. I just don't want to spend my time reading those other 16 online so I just ignore them. I also read World Coin News.

 

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. As I said, I have been getting rid of my library as I get older and it gets to be problematic, but I have 42 basic books in my office right now. (The others are in six or eight boxes in the garage. I take to them to coin shows when I can buy a table to set up for the day.)

Newman on Colonial Paper
Pollack on Patterns
The Krause Cats for World Coins, Unusual Coins, Paper 3 vols.
Sear Greek Coins
Mattingly Roman
Currency of Fame Renaissance Medals
but also the New Yorker book of Money Cartoons
and much else, somewhat esoteric like Nancy Waggoner on the Getty Coins...

 

I know what you mean. I set up at a local show when I can get a table and I was happy to be able to sell my Breen's to a young guy who is just starting in the hobby. My Breen's had a few hand-written corrections that I copied from the volume in the Coin World Library. The other that made me feel good to pass along was Bowers's "Garrett Collection."

 

Red Books are an interesting collectible, of course. The ones from the late 1960s included fake Western Gold bars and coins that were condemned, later. Those early Red Books repeated the yarn that the first half dismes were struck from silver donated by George Washington and the Liberty was modeled on Martha Washington. The current Red Book tells a less dramatic but likely more correct history. See also, the new Guide Book of the United States Mint by Q. David Bowers.

 

In my library I have 50+ shelf feet of
reference books. Another 72+ shelf feet
for magazines (COINage, The Numismatist)
and several hundred auction catalogues.
The books are on numerous varied series.
For the last 10+ years my "go to book"
is Robert Levinson's book on Early Dated
European coinage. For this fossil, books in
the physical form are much easier than
internet issues.

 

See my replies. Just to note, my Chopmarked Coins: A History by Colin Gullberg was autographed for me by the author as was Q. David Bowers's Waterford Water Cure.

As a writer, I depend on more than just books. For me, reading the E-Sylum list every week is important. It keeps me in touch with new research. Just for example, we all know the CONTINENTAL CURENCY "dollars" or "patterns." They have long been regarded as valid examples of early Republic patterns. ... but apparently not...

 

Sorry to have missed that... But I agree that online presentations are not for casual reading. I do have a Microsoft Surface that I thought I could use for electronic reading, but it just does not feel right. In fact, I was using to hold my speaker notes at a coin club presentation last month, and waving it around, it reset... Books don't do that.

I still appreciate having the archives for fact checking.

 

Yeah... the smoking gun for the coins he stole from the ANS...

 

You know perhaps it would be beneficial to members here to recycle some of the text that we no longer need as part of our collections.
I know myself I love to have a copy of L&M on half dimes.
As certain series are very limited to the average collector needs for information.
As well some are out of print making them even harder to obtain for reference.
I know myself have passed on or sold a few books on a series that doesn't interest my collecting.
So to say within forum guide lines maybe members could list text that would benfit their needs....and others could pm then to arrange terms.
Just an idea ....I hate to see the thirst for knowlege be denied.
And if the text is no more then taking up space in storage it could be repurposed to benfit another member,as well benfit the hobby in general.
Thoughts?

 

The E-Sylum maillist has ads from Kolbe & Fanning, Charles Davis, and others who specialize in literature.

 

I appreciate the tip thanks

 

I'm not numismatist yet, just a silver stacker - when I buy mixed lots of 90% coins on eBay or $100 FV bags from online dealers, I'll get the occasional silver dollar or 19th Century dime or quarter & even Indian Head cents in mixed coin lots - To help with ID, grading and possible collector value, I have the 2016-2017 Red and Blue Yeoman books, 7th edition Bressett/Bowers Grading Standards for US Coins and CoinWorld's Making the Grade 3rd edition - that's all I need right now - I've become quite good at eyeballing Merc dimes and Washington quarters to separate by grades - I keep the VG and better, re-sell the AG/Gs or swap them for bullion coins

 

Conspicuously absent from all these titles is "Strike It Rich with Pocket Change" Also evident is that everyone who posted so far are experienced members. Coincidence? You be the judge. Just wait until the newbies discover this thread!!!

 

I have it. Didn't think it worth mentioning individually. I sort of file it under "Sundry other books of occasional interest."

 

My Numismatic Book collection:

 

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Red Book, Krause catalogs (each of the ones ranging from 1601 to Date, and the Unusual World Coins)... do magazines count?

 

I was told years ago to buy the book before the coin. I listened. My Currency books include:
4 volume set of Haxby - obsolete bank notes, National Banknotes - Don Kelly, College Currency - Schingoethe, Early American Advertising notes - Vlack, Early Paper Money of America - Newman, World Paper Money - gen and modern Krause, World Notgeld - Krause, Paper Money of the US - Friedberg, NYS Scrip - Harris, POW money - Campbell, Mormon/Utah - Alvin Rust (signed), Confederate States - Cuhaj and small size paper money - Krause.
My coin books include:
Encyclopedia of US and Colonial coins - Breen, Encyl of early US Cents - Breen, The Cent Book - Wright (signed), Die Varieties of US Large Cents - Grellman (signed), FE and Indian cents - Snow (signed), So Called Dollars - Hibler/Kappen, US Tokens - Rulau, Florida Tokens (2) - Clark (signed), Guide to Buffalo Nickels - Lange (signed), IKE Varieties - Ezerman, Vaile (signed), World Coins (2) - Krause, World Crowns - Davenport and Patriotic Civil War Tokens - Fuld (1965).
And a full shelf of misc auction catalogs.
The other 7 foot bookcase has late father inlaw's stamp books.
omg......

 

I just finished my listing.
I have 58 books and other references.
Some are not used anymore, e.g., Van Allen/Mallis book on silver dollars.
Some are out of date.
Some are waiting for me to get around to (if ever) collecting the coin series covered.
Some cover ancillary topics (grading, photography, etc.)
And of course there's a 2018 Red Book.