Another thread on numistmatic books

Hey gang,
I just ordered four new books and am VERY excited to get them in the mail.
These are the ones I ordered:
http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=56268
The 3 on the page I just linked to and this book on the Die Varieties from 1902-1920.
http://www.charltonpress.com/NumismaticsBook.asp?v_ISBN=0-88968-311-5

Just curious what books everyone else are reading, and what your next book purchase will be.

 

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thare's no point the price's change every day.

 

I'm not quite sure I understand what you're getting at..
The price of the books change everyday??
Coinfreak.. These books do not tell you the price of coins, they teach you about varieties of coins you collect.

 

I am curruntly reading Grading Standards and Photograde. They are both very informative.

 

Photograde would be a nice one to have for sure.
I think one I would like to have is Mark Goodmans book on photography. Although I feel like it is a book I would rather check out at a library then actually buy it and keep it in my library.

 

what do you think im talking about im talking about the price's of coins

 

Well then, you are the only person talking about the price of coins, in a thread about numismatic books.

 

These books are not about prices of coins. They are more about how to grade coorectly and varieties and history of the coins. I dont normally buy a book for prices of coins but do buy them so I can learn more every day

 

well then, why buy a book when you can just go on the enternet...

 

Does it count if I downloaded PCGS photograde onto my ipod touch?

 

Why does that matter? It is all about personal preference. Some of us like to feel the book in our hands and the ease of carrying it with us when a laptop is not always available. For example, I took mine out on the boat today. I would not have had internet access out in the harbor but I was able to read since I had my book

 

Definitely,
Although I think it's silly how large the app is! Isn't it 80 some MB's.
That's horrendous

 

snaz:
No surprise about your confusion, I usually am by his posts.


Nice books by the way--

You're going to be the resident expert on them.

:thumb:

 

Mark Goodman's book is definitely on my "want list", but I'm running out of room for all of my books.

Chris

 

Well I'm about 2/3 of the way through Kenneth W. Harl's Coinage in the Roman Economy, 300 B.C. to A.D. 700, and I'm enjoying it quite a bit. It looks at coinage from an economic perspective rather than as little pieces of art, and it assumes that you already have a good grasp of Roman history, so it's definitely not for everyone, but I find it quite nice to know about how what I collect was actually used, which usually isn't covered that much in online sources. I'm not sure I agree with everything he says (for instance, he takes the XXI mark found on late 3rd century antoniniani as a statement of value, while others say that it's a representation of the metal ratio, and I lean a bit more towards the latter idea, though I really should look into it more), but for the most part, it's a very good source of information.

 

I've been looking for a good reference to Large cents. Most are broken down into just a few years and don't cover the entire run. So far I haven't found one that does, or at least that has extensive research and varieties detail.
Guy~

 

Guy,
are you refrring to American or Canadian Large cents?
If Canadian, then I recommend Rob turners "Dies and Diadems".

 

American.

 

I've been checking books out from the ANA library, since the ones I need are expensive and hard to find. One that was gifted to me recently was a three volume set on Chinese coins by Eduard Kann.

As a research tool, the internet is only useful for me as a way to collect coin images from auctions. I download hundreds per month.