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<p>[QUOTE="Only a Poor Old Man, post: 4536151, member: 111037"]Well I got my first coin books, but with a twist! The first is the second edition of Harlan J. Berk's "100 Greatest Ancient Coins". Nothing unusual about that one and a great book with great pics. But as I have mentioned in another thread, one of my other hobbies is collecting old books. So I thought to kill 2 birds with one stone and find an antique book about coins!</p><p><br /></p><p>I got an 1887 first edition of Barclay V. Head's "Historia Numorum".</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1123199[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Great book, in decent condition and it didn't cost much. First impressions are quite good, it seems well written and the images are plentiful even though they are smallish. It will take me a while to finish as it is rather big and as it is old, I will have to read it slowly and carefully... Can't really read this one in bed with one hand holding the book and eating nachos with the other![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Only a Poor Old Man, post: 4536151, member: 111037"]Well I got my first coin books, but with a twist! The first is the second edition of Harlan J. Berk's "100 Greatest Ancient Coins". Nothing unusual about that one and a great book with great pics. But as I have mentioned in another thread, one of my other hobbies is collecting old books. So I thought to kill 2 birds with one stone and find an antique book about coins! I got an 1887 first edition of Barclay V. Head's "Historia Numorum". [ATTACH=full]1123199[/ATTACH] Great book, in decent condition and it didn't cost much. First impressions are quite good, it seems well written and the images are plentiful even though they are smallish. It will take me a while to finish as it is rather big and as it is old, I will have to read it slowly and carefully... Can't really read this one in bed with one hand holding the book and eating nachos with the other![/QUOTE]
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