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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The_Cave_Troll, post: 30778, member: 1674&quot;]I haven&#039;t yet earned that doff of your cap.&nbsp; I am quite young as far as numismatists go (25) and am not yet at a financial point in my life where my collection is really valuable.&nbsp; I have been collecting halves for a little while now and my goal is to put together a collection of each date and mintmark of each US half issued for general circulation in well circulated condition.&nbsp; As I&#039;ve worked my way back I&#039;ve bought books for each set as I started working on it, so I am looking to start reading before I start owning.&nbsp; Actually, I&#039;m still a ways from working on the bust halves yet as i&#039;m just trying to finish the Barbers right now, but slowly I&#039;m getting there.&nbsp; Its easier with the newer stuff as there are few counterfeit Kennedy, Franklin, or Barbers around and only slightly more counterfeit/altered Walkers out there, but now I need to do my reading to avoid problems as I get to the older and more valuable series.&nbsp; In all honesty, Overton&#039;s first edition would be adequate, but I&#039;m a historian by education and I love reading, so I want the best/newest books available.&nbsp; Funny thing is that I collect books and condition is one of my greatest concerns, but in coins I like well circulated peices, go figure&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp;&nbsp; I will probobly get the Peterson book too, as I&#039;ve heard the same thing from others that it is leaps and bounds beyond the Overton.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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