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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 4363729, member: 101855&quot;]I don&#039;t collect these coins, but I think that the book by John Wright is first rate. It&#039;s easy to use, and his historical notes make a collection of these coins come alive for me. I got a few want lists for Newcomb, middle date large cents when I was a dealer. The Wright book worked great for me.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t own the Newcomb book. It has been a collectors&#039; item at least since the 1970s. I took one look at it, and knew I go crazy trying to use it. There are large cent collectors who feel the same way.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bill Noyers published a book on the early date varieties. I only have the books that feature photos of the finest known examples, and those books are very pricey. </p><p><br /></p><p>There was a book published under Walter Breen&#039;s name that was an update of the classic book by William Sheldon. Please, let&#039;s not get into Breen&#039;s personal life. That has been discussed ad nauseum.</p><p><br /></p><p>The book was started by Breen and finished by others after he went to prison and died. It is good, but it’s not easiest book use in my opinion. It’s also big and heavy, so you can’t take it to a show the way you could Roger Cohen’s half cent book, for example.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would look over the Breen and Noyes books and make a personal decision.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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