What Are You Reading? (Numismatically Related)

I don't have it in front of me but I am pretty sure the latest edition is the 5th.

I have that Taxay book (US Mint & Its Coinage) but I can't say that I have actually read it.

 

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The 5th edition of Unusual world coins, it is quite facinating :smile

 

cherrypicker's guide to die varieties 4th edition vol II. Essentially my life line. Being big into commemorative and varieties, there's no better guide.

 

Munro's 1904 Coins of Japan has been on my reference shelf for years, but I finally decided to actually read the whole thing, which starts off with a lengthy discussion of prehistoric artifacts of exchange, and ends a short way into the modern era.

I have the 1962 reprint. Referencing the earlier discusson of "who would pay $1,500 for a book", I would seriously consider doing so for a pristine copy of the original 1904 Yokohama printing.

 

In Yankee Doodle's Pocket. Very interesting discussion of the complexity of commerce and exchange in colonial America. Much info about Colonial coins and attribution.

Took the advice of a certain H. Toad ! Very glad I did.

 

Blackbook of Paper Money - Numismatic Related

And
Gods and Generals- Jeff Shaara
Future of Illusion- Sigmund Freud (Good Book)

 

Right now:

Current issues of Coins and Coinage.

Rereading the Barber Dimes book by Lawrence and the Seated Half Dimes book by Blythe.

 

Red Book guide to Morgan Dollars by Q. David Bowers, and trying to memorize Cline's 4th Edition SLQ Book.

 

GOOD MONEY
Birmingham Button Makers, the Royal Mint, and the Beginnings of Modern Coinage, 1775-1821
By George Selgin

"In Good Money, George Selgin tells the fascinating story of the important yet almost unknown episode in the history of money—British manufacturers’ challenge to the Crown’s monopoly on coinage.

In the 1780s, when the Industrial Revolution was gathering momentum, the Royal Mint failed to produce enough small-denomination coinage for factory owners to pay their workers. As the currency shortage threatened to derail industrial progress, manufacturers began to mint custom-made coins, called “tradesman’s tokens.” Rapidly gaining wide acceptance, these tokens served as the nation’s most popular currency for wages and retail sales until 1821, when the Crown outlawed all moneys except its own.

Good Money not only examines the crucial role of private coinage in fueling Great Britain’s Industrial Revolution, but it also challenges beliefs upon which all modern government-currency monopolies rest. It thereby sheds light on contemporary private-sector alternatives to government-issued money, such as digital monies, cash cards, electronic funds transfer, and (outside of the United States) spontaneous “dollarization.”"

http://www.independent.org/store/book_detail.asp?bookID=75

 

Great book.

After finishing my paper, I'm taking a break on the numismatic books for a bit. (ie, until monday or so) But I did get to read through Zecca: The Mint of Venice in the Middle Ages, as recommended by GD. Excellent book as well.

 

I have the 6th Hobo, you are running behind an edition. The newest has all of the PCGS and NGC fake slab info, the main reason I upgraded.

 

That's nothing new. I'm always a day late and a dollar short.

 

I just received "Numismatic Art In America" as a gift, and I love it, and find it to be indispensable.

 

everything, but its for the paper money contest, so I can't tell!

 

lol i don't have any books for that contest....lucky you!! er rather, nice job on having useful books! the only book i have is the 08 red book...

 

the 2009 red book for me.

 

I just got a copy of the VAM book and I'm going through that. I'm not reading it page by page like a novel, but using it as a reference book...but it's sure fun just to flip through it.

 

The United States Large Size Paper Money 1861-1923 :bigeyes:


RickieB

 

I can safely say I'm shocked at this response. :bigeyes: :bigeyes: