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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 2053467, member: 13650&quot;]One of the the more valuable posts ^^ of the last several pages got drowned out by the fight. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; I don&#039;t consider myself old school.&nbsp; I&#039;m only 34.&nbsp; But I too appreciate books for what they are and much of the best info is NOT free as green mentioned above. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;m not singling anyone out or looking to start a new fight but anyone who would say books are useless now because of the internet is a fool.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; I started a new buffalo nickel set a few years back.&nbsp; I bought the Whitman redbook&nbsp; guide to buffalo and jefferson nickels.&nbsp;&nbsp; It goes into detail about each nickel for the set.&nbsp; What to expect when looking for particular ones and why the details are mostly great on one from one mint and mostly poor on another from another mint.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Its all together in one place on a shelf.&nbsp; I don&#039;t have to do a google search and read through endless B.S. to mine an ounce of data I&#039;m looking for.&nbsp; Using that method alone I may miss out on info and never know what I don&#039;t know about it.&nbsp;&nbsp; In this case the book was reasonably priced and well worth it.&nbsp; I would&#039;ve paid more for it.&nbsp;&nbsp; This is one small example in action.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; There are many good books I&#039;m sure I&#039;m not even aware of that I should own for my particular interests.&nbsp;&nbsp; I have another one on New Orleans gold coins.&nbsp; Its worth it to have all of the data I want compiled in one place where I can grab it whenever I want and look something up.&nbsp; Much of the info I would not find online.</p><p>&nbsp; To appease the hyenas of this thread, I totally agree.&nbsp; If somebody wants to buy a $20 coin without reading a book, it doesn&#039;t matter.&nbsp; When I was just getting back in, the first coin I bought was a capped bust half.&nbsp;&nbsp; Didn&#039;t know a damn thing about them.&nbsp;&nbsp; I think I paid $70 for it.&nbsp; Its a 1820 over 19.&nbsp; Its a scratched/damaged coin.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; It wasn&#039;t the smartest purchase I ever made but I still have it and I still like it as an interesting piece.&nbsp; &nbsp; It looks cool.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; There aren&#039;t that many of that variety so they are somewhat rarer.&nbsp; &nbsp; It wouldn&#039;t be at the top of my list now but as a more unique variety I don&#039;t regret the purchase.&nbsp;&nbsp; If somebody wanted to buy it from me Id pass and keep the coin.&nbsp; So in this instance I wasn&#039;t harmed by being ignorant.&nbsp;&nbsp; The danger is when more time progresses and people start advancing in their collection before becoming somewhat educated in what they&#039;re doing.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; I prefer to use all available resources and convenience does play a roll.&nbsp; I only expect so much from a google search.&nbsp;&nbsp; If I need to know the height of any mountain or skyscraper, it works great.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; If I need specific coin info, I&#039;m going to have every dealer, eBay auction and coin forum pop up to wade through.&nbsp; Probably end up reading a thread like this.&nbsp; &nbsp; (Yawn. Don&#039;t have time.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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