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Message:: [QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 2309980, member: 57463"]Book Review: A Guide Book of Half Cents and Large Cents by Q. David Bowers (Whitman Publishing, 2015. 564 pages $39.95) Early American Copper has always been a specialty area. Most collectors want "just one" - and we end up with several. The Red Book is some help, as the most common varieties appear there. For most of us, that's fine... until it is not.  Once you become interested in these fascinating examples of the early US Mint's handiwork, you need a library of special books. The ones that are not merely expensive are both expensive and unavailable. You become a bibilomaniac -- as if you did not have enough collecting interests, now you need a new one to support a previous one. Finally, it all (or just about all) appears in one book, affordable, interesting, and luxurious. All of the technical information is here about varieties and their populations and values. In addition, the book is replete with entertaining commentary from QDB. His narratives include the Fall of Sheldon, John J. Ford, The Career of Walter Breen, and the histories of Stack's and Superior as they relate to these issues. Whether you need to inform yourself about these coins, or just want to expand your knowledge, this book is at once an introduction and overview, as well as an in-depth (564 pages) guide. [ATTACH]465384[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]