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Message:: [QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 1819405, member: 19463"]This keeps coming up and I always disagree with the answers given.  Most books on coins are just catalogs of what is available edited down to what will fit in the book.  I'd prefer a book about the coins in general illustrated with examples but most of these are out of print and expensive or really not all that well done.  Sometimes there are used copies at cheap prices.  They have new ones for $300 but I'd buy the $10.44 one and $289 worth of other stuff.<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0214668088/ref=tmm_hrd_used_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=used&sr=&qid=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0214668088/ref=tmm_hrd_used_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=used&sr=&qid=" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0214668088/ref=tmm_hrd_used_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=used&sr=&qid=</a>This is a nice book but most copies seem to be in the UK or overpriced.  I do see a couple in the US in well used shape but I still think there is a lot of book there for the money.  Unfortunately coffee table books like this tend to emphasize expensive coins rather than what I suggest beginners buy.  I'm sure others will recommend Sear and Sayles not to mention ERIC (a catalog to end all catalogs but relatively less useful, IMHO, unless your goal is a catalog number rather than information).[/QUOTE]