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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1332647, member: 26302&quot;]Hi all, I wanted to start a thread about books. One of the main problem with references is that you don&#039;t know how good it will be, and cannot browse through it, before you buy it. If there were a Barnes and Noble for these, it would be great, but unfortunately most of us do not live anywhere near such a place. This is what I would like to create here, a place to see and get a review of reference books. </p><p><br /></p><p>Just to give an idea, though I know its not very clear, here is my main bookshelves for books:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]152649.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]152650.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I have many of the standards listed. Here is a sample of a new book I received:</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is David Hartill&#039;s new book on Japanese cash coinage. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]152651.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Its a softcover book, and follows the same conventions as his famous Chinese reference. The book is printed on demand, and is very inexpensive. I got this delivered from Scott Semans for less than $20. </p><p><br /></p><p>Similar to the Chinese edition, he uses rarity bands to show both rarity and value. I find this method helpful to gauge relative rarity of the coins, but not very helpful to determine value. This is because the bands are just too broad. However, a price guide to such coins are hard to achieve anyway, so its a slight shortcoming. Overall, this is a great resource for western collectors. There are listed a great many rarities, of course, as the early Japanese coinage is basically one group of extremely rare coins. The main value of this book is the great description of the minting process of cash coins, and a finding guide for Kanei Tsuho coins, that have a myriad of varieties not easily descernible otherwise. </p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">​edited - copyright</span></p><p><br /></p><p>Besides covering Cash coins, this volume also covers the early gold and silver coins issued in the 19th century. For references, I don&#039;t think this will replace the Japanese dealers catalog for pricing, but it should replace Munro as the best English language resource for learning about these coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>Overall, I give this book a high recommendation for any English language collectors who have more than a passing curiousity of these coins. I would give this recommendation at a price tag of $50, at less than $20 delivered to the US, its a certified bargain for information not easily found elsewhere.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, anyone else wish to know about and see other ancient references? Just post what references you want to see.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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