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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 8130122, member: 75937&quot;]My son, COLLECTOR IVN NOB C, kindly gave me these two books as Christmas gifts.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1416157[/ATTACH]</p><p>The first one, Frank L. Holt&#039;s <i>When Money Talks, A History of Coins and Numismatics</i>, is refreshingly more about the history and purpose of numismatics than it is about the history of coinage. It&#039;s rather scholarly and the end notes comprise several dozen pages alone. It covers such areas as the first numismatists, the development of numismatics as a science, the role of pseudoscience in numismatic history, hoards, the ethics of collecting, and where the discipline of numismatics is heading in the future. You may read about the book <a href="https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/oso/9780197517659.001.0001/oso-9780197517659" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/oso/9780197517659.001.0001/oso-9780197517659" rel="nofollow">here</a> at the publisher&#039;s website.</p><p><br /></p><p>The second one, [USER=88325]@Jasper Burns[/USER]&#039; <i>The Roman Sestertius: A Collector&#039;s Guide</i>, is a fun read. Jasper himself posted about it last month and I recommend reading <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/new-sestertius-book-samples.389891/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/new-sestertius-book-samples.389891/">his thread</a> for a summary of its contents. It comes in a black and white edition and a color edition. I recommend the color edition -- you really want to see the patinas on the coins illustrated. Jasper covers the history of the sestertius and the sorts of factors to take into account when buying a sestertius for one&#039;s collection. He illustrates the book profusely with high-grade examples from high-end auctions and notes the prices realized. The book is helpful for those new to the hobby, to be sure, but even those collectors with decades of experience and hundreds of sestertii in their coin cabinets will enjoy the book.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Have you read either of these books? I&#039;d love to hear your thoughts about them! </i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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