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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1199194, member: 26302&quot;]Well said. The Breen title I mentioned earlier typically sells for about $150-200 used, and sometimes up to $300 or more new. Coin books are its own market, and are actually much rarer than the coins. I would say my library has gone up much more than my coins have over the years.</p><p><br /></p><p>That being said, there is a reason. Coin books usually have small printings, and every year that passes more are destroyed by accident, fire, etc. Couple this with new collectors always coming into the hobby, and you have escalating demand for a dwindling supply. The reason the demand is there is due to the value of the knowledge these books contain, knowledge that can be extremely valuable in a collectible field, and for personal satisfaction.</p><p><br /></p><p>Like I said, this applies to books that do not get revised, and were excellent books when they were printed. In ancients, I am thinking of things like Dumbarton Oaks, SNG Copenhagen, Mitchiner titles, etc. For US coins, the Breen title is an excellent example. So many US coin books are &quot;serials&quot;, being updated constantly, and these thoughts don&#039;t apply to those.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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