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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtisimo, post: 2946773, member: 83845&quot;]<p style="text-align: center"><b><font size="5"><span style="color: #808080">Final Bonus</span></font></b></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><font size="6"><b>Curtisimo&#039;s Favorite Numismatic Book of 2017</b></font></p><p>I was going to post one more coin under the title of &quot;Curtisimo&#039;s Most Frustrating (but Still Loved) Coin of 2017&quot; however part of that frustration is that I need to learn more about it so I will postpone posting it as such until I am further along in that regard.&nbsp; I will eventually give it its own thread. Instead I would like to leave this thread with a few thoughts on one of my favorite books from 2017.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><b><font size="5"><span style="color: #808080">Collecting Greek Coins</span></font></b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b><font size="5"><span style="color: #808080"><br /></span></font></b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]718868[/ATTACH] </p><p>I really liked this book. I think one thing this book does really well is that it resists the urge to get hung up on trying to cover every variation of every Greek coin type in the regions it discusses. By somewhat narrowing its focus it is able to discuss the material in a much more approachable manner while not compromising on educational value. I like the big catalog books as much as the next guy but page turners they are not. This book approaches ancient coins in a way that I think is not only appealing to collectors but to people interested in history as well. The book gives a brief sketch of the numismatic history of different regions / cities in Greece (Magna Graecia, Athens etc.) and then delves into more specifics on a few coins and types that are of particular interest for each region. A Greek Collector really can&#039;t afford not to have this book in thier library as it is both surprisingly cheap and easily available. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]718869[/ATTACH] </p><p>The only small complaint I had is that the coins discussed in the text are all shown at the end of the chapter in a way that is reminiscent of the &quot;plates&quot; in older numismatic publications. I really feel like this is a legacy we should let die already. It&#039;s much more convenient to have the illustrations as figures in the text to make them easier to study. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]718870[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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