Some interesting Books

Here are some books :

1-A Manual of Roman Coins
http://www.zshare.net/download/155226838465946b/

2-The_Coins_of_the_Shahs_of_Persia
http://www.zshare.net/download/15523750a7b0aabd/

3-The_Gold_Silver_and_Copper_Coins_of_England
http://www.zshare.net/download/1552540526e3a0a8/

 

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I would agree with that. Those do look interesting...

Take Care
Ben

 

Very interesting books thanks for the link :hail:

 

Here is another book :
Roman_Coins__Reading_and_Dating_Roman_Imperial_Coins
http://www.zshare.net/download/15825808bdb13a40/

 

Very cool-

Here is the most recent interesting book I purchased-

Contemporary Counterfiet Capped Bust Half Dollars

Bone- you'd like this one.

 

That one's been on my want list for a while.

 

Here is one I purchased a LONG time ago and basically have shelved since my interests turned towards Bust Half Dollars. It's chock full of great information; 480 pages in length with hundreds of illustrations...

Take Care
Ben

 

For Morgan & Peace dollars , "The Comprehensive Catalogue and Encyclopedia of U.S. Morgan and Peace Dollars" by Van Allen & Mallis is a great book on VAMS and other aspects of silver dollars .
rzage:smile:hatch::hammer:

 

I own a copy of "Early Half Dollar Die Varieties" Revised Edition by Al C.Overton (1970 Colorado Springs)

Let me regress.

Back in 1970 I had bought a collection of about a dozen or so Bust Halves from a "Local Dealer" All were really, really nice coins VF-XF no problem coins, including an 1824 O-103 (over various dates). I look for this coin till this day.

Anyway, The same week I bought this collection, I bought Al Overton`s book. One of these coins looked funny. Brassy looking, not quite right. It was a reeded edge type obverse (30 mm) struck on an 1830`s planchet(32.5 mm) My Overton book told me so.

I was really ****ed off ( I was 17) and confronted my local dealer about the "countrfeit" coin. I made him refund the about $13 I paid for it.

Hmmmmm, I wish I had kept it. It was a contemporary (Made Back Then) counterfeit. I thought he was trying to pull one over on me. He had no clue. It was a coin he bought in a collection, and then sold to me.

These contemporary (Made back in the day) counterfeits are collectibles in themselves.

I will buy this book, if I find it.....

 

Any of these books look familiar; especially the Bust Half Dollar reference ones?

 

Thanks for the heads up on the good reads.

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Nice library there Ben.

 

Here is a portion of my library-:smile
My 1st edition Overton book is at home-

 

WOW, wonderful looking material. All commited to memory yet???

Take Care Buddy
Ben

 

Thanks BQ, I've got more but these are the ones I use pretty regularly.

Take Care Bud
Ben

 

You have a nice collection of books , guys.

 

Libraries like those shown , show why this forum and exspecially the people in it are great at answering mine and others peoples questions , If I ever have a question on Bust Halves I ask Ben , counterfiets Hobo , gold Spock , general GD , others who need advice on cents AJ , I could go on and on , but the one thing these people have in common they read a lot , they live by the motto , buy the book before the coin , this site has inspired me to buy more books in the few months I've been here than the 40 years previous , a big thanks to everybody on this site and the people who've helped me , & who I've forgot to mention , Thanks .:hail:
rzage:smile:hatch::hammer: