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<p>[QUOTE="Notaphylic_C, post: 24597274, member: 130786"]<b>+1</b></p><p>I went to our biggest bookstore chain where they usually sell our paper money catalogue (Charlton Guide to Gov Paper Money) but the only books on the shelf were colouring books. Last year at least I found a Charlton Coin guide but this year nothing! I didn't bother asking the staff b/c I know their response would be, "let us order that for you!" I just wanted to look/browse through it first & then decide whether to purchase (like the good ol' days!)</p><p><br /></p><p>So I then went over to their extensive magazine racks. These guys carry so many mag topics (Cars, Movies, Cooking, Gaming, Gossip, etc) that it took me about 5 minutes to finally track down a couple numismatic publications. There were 3 a Canadian "Coin News" which opens more like a newspaper (than a magazine) + one for stamps. It was either bi-monthly or quarterly (& seemed quite dated). Also, I don't collect coins (& Coin News is 60-75% coin content) jam-packed with ads, so I put it back. Then I saw a US-based Numismatic News magazine & I think it was $18.00. This, like Coin News is about US coins mostly & the price was half what the Charlton guide cost, so back it went too. I'm not very hopeful about buying current reading material on the hobby![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Notaphylic_C, post: 24597274, member: 130786"][B]+1[/B] I went to our biggest bookstore chain where they usually sell our paper money catalogue (Charlton Guide to Gov Paper Money) but the only books on the shelf were colouring books. Last year at least I found a Charlton Coin guide but this year nothing! I didn't bother asking the staff b/c I know their response would be, "let us order that for you!" I just wanted to look/browse through it first & then decide whether to purchase (like the good ol' days!) So I then went over to their extensive magazine racks. These guys carry so many mag topics (Cars, Movies, Cooking, Gaming, Gossip, etc) that it took me about 5 minutes to finally track down a couple numismatic publications. There were 3 a Canadian "Coin News" which opens more like a newspaper (than a magazine) + one for stamps. It was either bi-monthly or quarterly (& seemed quite dated). Also, I don't collect coins (& Coin News is 60-75% coin content) jam-packed with ads, so I put it back. Then I saw a US-based Numismatic News magazine & I think it was $18.00. This, like Coin News is about US coins mostly & the price was half what the Charlton guide cost, so back it went too. I'm not very hopeful about buying current reading material on the hobby![/QUOTE]
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