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<p>[QUOTE="desertgem, post: 531648, member: 15199"]Check with your Local Library or if you are near a community or 4 year college, ask the librarian about getting a library card. Especially the Comm. Colleges participate in the "interlibrary loan program" which can find book requests and deliver locally. Sometimes there is a small fee for the media mail postage, sometimes not. If the book is more valuable, they sometimes ask for a deposit to cover them until returned.</p><p><br /></p><p>Using this local program, you can borrow books to read, and you can then decide if you need a copy yourself. A grading guide such as ANA is very important to have yourself. But if you are interested in Buffalo nickels, check amazon or another source to get the ISBN numbers, and go to the library. I usually print out the whole amazon blurb, highlight the ISBN number and give the pages to my librarian. If it has been out of print for decades and Amazon "used" price is $300, you probably won't get it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Don't let money get in the way of knowledge! Welcome to the forum!!</p><p><br /></p><p>Jim[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="desertgem, post: 531648, member: 15199"]Check with your Local Library or if you are near a community or 4 year college, ask the librarian about getting a library card. Especially the Comm. Colleges participate in the "interlibrary loan program" which can find book requests and deliver locally. Sometimes there is a small fee for the media mail postage, sometimes not. If the book is more valuable, they sometimes ask for a deposit to cover them until returned. Using this local program, you can borrow books to read, and you can then decide if you need a copy yourself. A grading guide such as ANA is very important to have yourself. But if you are interested in Buffalo nickels, check amazon or another source to get the ISBN numbers, and go to the library. I usually print out the whole amazon blurb, highlight the ISBN number and give the pages to my librarian. If it has been out of print for decades and Amazon "used" price is $300, you probably won't get it. Don't let money get in the way of knowledge! Welcome to the forum!! Jim[/QUOTE]
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