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<p>[QUOTE="treylxapi47, post: 2221075, member: 41863"]I spoke with a well respected collector (and author) of seated material recently and he divulged that Flynns books are FULL of errors, minimal credit to contributors, little knowledge about the subjects he writes other than what he has read or by someone providing info to him. Also said to check his intros, he uses the same template so frequently that he forgets to edit them and you have intros talking about barber quarters when the book is about Indian head cents <not a specific example. </p><p><br /></p><p>Also told me that well respected collectors, dealers, and authors in the seated series are NOT helping Flynn due to those issues and that he has to go find his own material to write about. </p><p><br /></p><p>To top it all off he is writing about series that he doesn't even personally collect. How could you ever know the nuances in a series like seated quarters of you don't even collect them? </p><p><br /></p><p>What type of information and how useful is it if the leading experts in the series refuse to help you?</p><p><br /></p><p>Like Frank said, save your money if you are considering a book from Flynn. Likely there is a much better and more legitimate reference available.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="treylxapi47, post: 2221075, member: 41863"]I spoke with a well respected collector (and author) of seated material recently and he divulged that Flynns books are FULL of errors, minimal credit to contributors, little knowledge about the subjects he writes other than what he has read or by someone providing info to him. Also said to check his intros, he uses the same template so frequently that he forgets to edit them and you have intros talking about barber quarters when the book is about Indian head cents <not a specific example. Also told me that well respected collectors, dealers, and authors in the seated series are NOT helping Flynn due to those issues and that he has to go find his own material to write about. To top it all off he is writing about series that he doesn't even personally collect. How could you ever know the nuances in a series like seated quarters of you don't even collect them? What type of information and how useful is it if the leading experts in the series refuse to help you? Like Frank said, save your money if you are considering a book from Flynn. Likely there is a much better and more legitimate reference available.[/QUOTE]
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