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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3185307, member: 19463&quot;]Long ago I respected Paul Rynearson greatly but lost touch when he advanced to the $400 to $10,000 bracket and I stayed in the $4 to $1000 bracket.&nbsp; This cost me several dealer sources.&nbsp; I am sorry to hear of his passing for all the usual reasons plus I had a question for him on a subject from long ago that will never&nbsp; be answered unless someone out there remembers the details of his proposed grading system for ancients (before NGC did ancients).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I have had mixed results buying books from reviews but this sounds like one that I would enjoy even if it is a bit beginner oriented.&nbsp; I almost bought it several times but was scared off by the &#039;25 significant types&#039; ad that Valentinian explained.&nbsp; I admit that I would like to write a parallel book on coins too insignificant to be sold by a $400 to $10k dealer but publishers make money selling $20 books to people who don&#039;t have $400 to spend on a coin.&nbsp; I still maintain you can enjoy collecting $399 and under coins but I do understand why dealers all want Clio as a customer and not people like me. </p><p><br /></p><p>I ordered the book and a hundred dollars worth of other Amazon toys.&nbsp; You know how it is when you try to eat just one chip....&nbsp; I expect each person who orders this book based on this review to add a comment below but ONLY after they have read the book.&nbsp; If you don&#039;t intend on reading it, you should just send me the money and ask me to send you books of my choice from my library.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, and if I started reading them again now, I would be over a hundred when I finished.&nbsp; I have enough that put me to sleep the first time that I know it will take years and years.&nbsp; Selecting coin books is a lot like selecting coins but we have yet to see the best books inserted in folio slabs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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