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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tom B, post: 1603107, member: 11854&quot;]I&#039;ll echo GDJMSP regarding cost and difficulty in finding books.&nbsp; He has listed the Gilboy book and that book took me several <i>years </i> to find.&nbsp; However, once I found it I purchased it immediately and I have seen the book listed online for upwards of $1,000 per copy.</p><p><br /></p><p>I will also add some books to the discussion since it appears that you are serious about learning.&nbsp; Please do not take that last statement as a slam, but I have been on boards in the past where folks appear and essentially ask that they be told everything they need to know and then, while being helped, they disappear.&nbsp; That has made me jaded with respect to certain questions.&nbsp; Books that I <i>adore </i> are listed below-</p><p><br /></p><p><i>The Art and Craft of Coinmaking </i> by Denis Cooper (This is all history and the book is <i>very hard </i> to find and will cost $200 or more.)</p><p><br /></p><p><i>The Columnarios of Central and South America </i> by Frank Gilboy (Some history with variety identification, but as mentioned before these are <i>extremely tough </i> to find and the book may cost $1,000 when found.)</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Early Half Dollar Die Varieties 1794-1836 </i> by Al Overton (This is also known simply as the Overton book and goes into wonderful detail on die marriage identification for early half dollars.&nbsp; The latest edition has the name changed to Parsley.)</p><p><br /></p><p><i>A Registry of Die Varieties of Reeded Edge Half Dollars 1836-1839 </i> by Dick Graham with Thomas Bush (Shameless plug as I am one of the authors, but this book is wonderful and follows the paradigm of the Overton book while at the same time adding oodles of history.)</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Coin Grading and Counterfeit Detection </i> published by PCGS (The first edition is far superior to subsequent editions.&nbsp; The book takes you through the details of how PCGS views a coin.)</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Bust Half Fever </i> by Edgar Souders (The second edition is greatly expanded and the book is a terrific read on the history of the series and the time as well as giving insight into various issues.)</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Contemporary Counterfeit Capped Bust Half Dollars </i> by Keith Davignon (Who knew that a book could be written about contemporary counterfeits and that the book would be awesome?)</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Numismatic Art in America-Aesthetics of the United States Coinage </i> by Cornelius Vermeule (My <i>favorite </i> numismatic book of all time.&nbsp; Nothing about rarity, value, mintage, die varieties or anything else; just an artistic critique.&nbsp; The first edition from 1970 is long out of print, but I would highly recommend this edition rather than the second edition.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Lastly, a trio of books by Roger Burdette that go by the <i>Renaissance of American Coinage </i> title are fantastic.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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