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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4190573, member: 19463"]Here on Coin Talk we are asked by beginners how to get started in the hobby. Most are more constrained by budget than you are but for those who can afford it, you seem to be following the suggestions we make whether or not you read them here. There is no single book that will solve all your problems and there are many that would be of benefit. Picking your first book is almost as difficult and almost as much of personal choice as selecting those first coins. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Greek cities of Sicily and Italy would make a great choice for your next coin and there are enough of them that a book might help you select them. The problem is that I am not a major fan of the books I know for the overall region. Perhaps someone else here will have a suggestion. I might warn that several choices are reprints of books over a hundred years old. They are not worthless but they are not what I would prefer for a first book either.</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?k=coins+sicily&ref=nb_sb_noss" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.com/s?k=coins+sicily&ref=nb_sb_noss" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/s?k=coins+sicily&ref=nb_sb_noss</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4190573, member: 19463"]Here on Coin Talk we are asked by beginners how to get started in the hobby. Most are more constrained by budget than you are but for those who can afford it, you seem to be following the suggestions we make whether or not you read them here. There is no single book that will solve all your problems and there are many that would be of benefit. Picking your first book is almost as difficult and almost as much of personal choice as selecting those first coins. Greek cities of Sicily and Italy would make a great choice for your next coin and there are enough of them that a book might help you select them. The problem is that I am not a major fan of the books I know for the overall region. Perhaps someone else here will have a suggestion. I might warn that several choices are reprints of books over a hundred years old. They are not worthless but they are not what I would prefer for a first book either. [URL]https://www.amazon.com/s?k=coins+sicily&ref=nb_sb_noss[/URL][/QUOTE]
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