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Message:: [QUOTE="physics-fan3.14, post: 3194838, member: 19165"]"Strike it Rich" is the absolute bane of this hobby. It has prompted more people to ask about more junk than any other misguided publication in the history of numismatics. You aren't going to strike it rich with pocket change. Just, no. Every single copy of that should be burned. As for QDB's book... I haven't read it myself. However, the title and premise of the book instantly turns me off.... The focus of this hobby, for most of us, is not investment. People who know what they are doing, and who also have a good bit of spare cash, can make this an investment if they are wise, well researched, and put in the effort. Eliasberg, Pittman, and Ford are legends in the hobby - you do not, and will not, ever have the knowledge, opportunity, or resources that they ever had (with the very rare exception of a very few lucky people). The implied premise, from the cover, is that this book will teach you how to make money in coins. And that's just not true. Everything about that book screams "worst of the late 80's coin-investing bubble hype!" QDB has done some great work and written some great books, but he has also written a whole lot of garbage. If you want, I can suggest a half dozen other books that you, as the introductory collector, should read instead.[/QUOTE]