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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;joecoincollect, post: 2156900, member: 71338&quot;]I&#039;ve seen that book and think it&#039;s very well done and interesting. It is no doubt helpful. However, I question whether someone with a decent or smaller inheritance of coins would even bother reading or at least skimming the book. When I talk to non-collectors, they could care less about the intricacies of the hobby, buying and selling, grading, etc. For a beginning hobbiest it would be a good read though. There was a family friend who finally managed to bring over her inherited coins to me one day. I never saw such a hoard of silver; there was over 5k in US silver coins, mostly all junk silver stuff. Once I told her the worth, she was more attentive to the details. I guess the problem is getting people past that first hurdle, namely that coin collecting is terribly boring. Once some knowledge about the hobby is passed to another person, maybe it sometimes sparks interest and maybe not[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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