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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 2624839, member: 112"]I would first ask you the question - what do you want the books for ? I mean, what's your reason, what do you hope to have the books do for you ? I ask that because books on coins are tools, and like all other tools the tool you buy is determined by the specific job you want the tool to do. </p><p><br /></p><p>Do you understand what I mean here ? For example, some people buy these catalog books so they can identify coins, find out what country they are from, what mint or mints minted them, what their mint marks are, their composition, stuff like that. And for those reasons the catalog books are good. But that's about all they are good for. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you want to know about the history and background of the coins, what varieties there are if any, how to grade the coins, which examples are common, scarce, and even rare - you're not going to find any of that in the catalog books. For that kind of stuff you have to buy the specialized books. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now some people buy books because they want to know the values of the coins. But pretty much no book, catalog type or specialized book, is worth the paper they are printed on if that's what you want to know. If you want to know values, you yourself have to do the work and look them up in the auction archives because the only place you're going to find any values that are anywhere near accurate, realistic.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now all of that said, all books are useful. But just like it is with all tools, you always need more than just 1 - you usually need a whole bunch of them. With even something as simple as a hammer you probably need at least 3 and maybe even more of them because each one is designed to do a different job. </p><p><br /></p><p>So, what do you want the books for ?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 2624839, member: 112"]I would first ask you the question - what do you want the books for ? I mean, what's your reason, what do you hope to have the books do for you ? I ask that because books on coins are tools, and like all other tools the tool you buy is determined by the specific job you want the tool to do. Do you understand what I mean here ? For example, some people buy these catalog books so they can identify coins, find out what country they are from, what mint or mints minted them, what their mint marks are, their composition, stuff like that. And for those reasons the catalog books are good. But that's about all they are good for. If you want to know about the history and background of the coins, what varieties there are if any, how to grade the coins, which examples are common, scarce, and even rare - you're not going to find any of that in the catalog books. For that kind of stuff you have to buy the specialized books. Now some people buy books because they want to know the values of the coins. But pretty much no book, catalog type or specialized book, is worth the paper they are printed on if that's what you want to know. If you want to know values, you yourself have to do the work and look them up in the auction archives because the only place you're going to find any values that are anywhere near accurate, realistic. Now all of that said, all books are useful. But just like it is with all tools, you always need more than just 1 - you usually need a whole bunch of them. With even something as simple as a hammer you probably need at least 3 and maybe even more of them because each one is designed to do a different job. So, what do you want the books for ?[/QUOTE]
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