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<p>[QUOTE="Electron John, post: 2624942, member: 84417"]I mostly use them for identifying what country a coin is from. I also like to look up what different coins from a particular country that I don't have in my collection yet look like. This can help me determine which ones to go after. I am trying to get a few coins from every country and that being said it makes sense to get the ones that are the most interesting to me. I do use the values listed but only to make rough decisions. If I see that a country has two coins that I am interested in but one is generally selling for under a dollar at uncirculated conditions and the other is over $100 then I will focus on the cheap one. I am looking at this collect like a type set. Get one or two of the best looking coins from each country for as little money as possible. </p><p>That said the books I have from the Collecting World Coins series do have a lot of info that I have found useful about when various governments fell or when new ones were formed, etc. This is also useful since I enjoy collecting coins from countries that no longer exist. By reading some of the country info I have learned about a number of countries or colonies that no longer exist. A bit of background info is very nice since I am not going to buy a book for each countries coins, that would be a collection in itself. Although once in a while when I find something that interest me, like the 1916 German East African 20 Heller, I might buy a book on it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Electron John, post: 2624942, member: 84417"]I mostly use them for identifying what country a coin is from. I also like to look up what different coins from a particular country that I don't have in my collection yet look like. This can help me determine which ones to go after. I am trying to get a few coins from every country and that being said it makes sense to get the ones that are the most interesting to me. I do use the values listed but only to make rough decisions. If I see that a country has two coins that I am interested in but one is generally selling for under a dollar at uncirculated conditions and the other is over $100 then I will focus on the cheap one. I am looking at this collect like a type set. Get one or two of the best looking coins from each country for as little money as possible. That said the books I have from the Collecting World Coins series do have a lot of info that I have found useful about when various governments fell or when new ones were formed, etc. This is also useful since I enjoy collecting coins from countries that no longer exist. By reading some of the country info I have learned about a number of countries or colonies that no longer exist. A bit of background info is very nice since I am not going to buy a book for each countries coins, that would be a collection in itself. Although once in a while when I find something that interest me, like the 1916 German East African 20 Heller, I might buy a book on it.[/QUOTE]
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