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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jhonn, post: 342790, member: 5418&quot;]In terms of books that aren&#039;t the size of phone books, I recommend Warman&#039;s World Coins &amp; Currency: <a href="http://www.krausebooks.com/product/770/4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.krausebooks.com/product/770/4" rel="nofollow">http://www.krausebooks.com/product/770/4</a>. It&#039;s very compact, and gives a nice overview of all the worlds coinage and some currency (going back over 400 years for some countries). The pricing is WAY too low IMHO, especially with the price of silver near $20 and ounce right now, and there aren&#039;t nearly enough pictures, but it is pretty handy and I take it along with me to every show, as almost everything I will probably run across in terms of world coins is in here, and it gives me a general idea of what I should be paying.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, I plan on buying the updated &#039;brown book&#039; very soon: <a href="http://www.whitmanbooks.com/Default.aspx?Page=81&amp;ProductID=0794820565" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.whitmanbooks.com/Default.aspx?Page=81&amp;ProductID=0794820565" rel="nofollow">http://www.whitmanbooks.com/Default.aspx?Page=81&amp;ProductID=0794820565</a>. Not sure how it compares to the above book, but it looks like it is probably fairly in-depth. I collect a lot of coins from the 1700&#039;s and early 1800&#039;s as well, so it&#039;s obviously not going to cover that area, but in terms of &#039;modern&#039; world coins, this is probably your best bet.</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, if you need a compact book on ancient coins, Klawan&#039;s book is the way to go: <a href="http://www.whitmanbooks.com/Default.aspx?Page=81&amp;ProductID=030709362X" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.whitmanbooks.com/Default.aspx?Page=81&amp;ProductID=030709362X" rel="nofollow">http://www.whitmanbooks.com/Default.aspx?Page=81&amp;ProductID=030709362X</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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