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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kevin Mader, post: 4254171, member: 106826&quot;]More to consider:</p><p><br /></p><p>Sources of information are critical and not all sources are created equal.&nbsp; Something you should keep in the back of your mind is the credibility of the information you are taking in; is it reliable?&nbsp; Is it sanctioned?&nbsp; There is a ton of information and data out there that litter the &#039;learning fields&#039;.&nbsp; Be careful.&nbsp; Learn from Masters and not from Hacks.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now there are subjects and subject matter more compromised by the proliferation of bad information.&nbsp; You&#039;ll often note here that folks tell newbies to avoid Youtube...and with good reason.&nbsp; Plenty of the videos there present bad, incomplete, or intentionally misleading information.&nbsp; Youtube = Hack in most instances.&nbsp; Some sites offer good information and offer credit to their sources.&nbsp; You&#039;ll learn to sift through the presenters/authors/critics to find the Masters.&nbsp; Listen to them closely.&nbsp; We are fortunate to have a couple of them who visit these forums.&nbsp; This is not to discredit the many knowledgeable collectors here either.&nbsp; Many have weighty responses to help develop you.</p><p><br /></p><p>Regarding books; they are wonderful resources for learning, but again...not all books are created equal.&nbsp; But there is a publishing process...editorial vetting and peer review that helps sanitize the information being offered.&nbsp; This is piece of mind that you are getting &#039;good&#039; information.&nbsp; I always encourage reading.&nbsp; I personally feel that reading is learning and learning is life.&nbsp; Read to live!&nbsp; I&#039;m an avid reader and I find that one book leads to another...like pulling a string.&nbsp; I love history, so often times I zigzag about reading on various topic of interest (coin topics can lead to history lessons).&nbsp; I&#039;m quite content.&nbsp; But there are tons of online resources, published white papers, and articles that are worth their weight.&nbsp; But as always, validate the information presented against what you know and other reliable sources.&nbsp; It&#039;s as true about coins as it is about our history or a cake recipe.&nbsp; And as noted by our fellow enthusiasts above, read the many posts by our trusted CT members and Masters.&nbsp; This may be the fastest way to gain perspective leaving a deeper dive to the books, papers, and articles.</p><p><br /></p><p>And keep the phrase &quot;In God we trust...all others bring data!&quot;&nbsp; Be &#039;data&#039; driven.&nbsp; There are plenty of opinions out there, but we need less of that and more data driven responses.&nbsp; Select resources (books, sites, articles) where you can trust the data.&nbsp; Opinions vary from bad to good and knowing which is which will affect your learning.&nbsp; I think your question to the community about books to read is a good one.&nbsp; Good luck!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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