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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cherd, post: 8532832, member: 24754&quot;]It&#039;s not everybody&#039;s cup of tea, but regardless of the types of coins that I purchase, the way that I avoid counterfeits is to buy them in reputable slabs.</p><p><br /></p><p>This probably isn&#039;t the best option out there, but I also became interested in Mexican coinage some years back and found this reference pretty handy: &quot;<i>North American Coins &amp; Prices</i>&quot;. It doesn&#039;t have much information in the way of history lessons and the like, but it&#039;s cheap and provides a comprehensive listing of periods, types, and varieties. I picked up the history and other interesting tidbits with web searches and so forth.</p><p><br /></p><p>I like for objects in my collections to have cool stories to go along with them (makes it more interesting to other people). This tendency caused me to be particularly drawn to Mexican Revolutionary coinage. The history and stories abound, and there are a lot of oddball coin variations with attributes that simply aren&#039;t found in other areas. For instance, the various city states were so desperate for coinage and lacking in resources that there are examples of sand-cast coins, coins made of lead, and even coins made by stamping cardboard planchets! (Not a greatest subset if you are after silver though)</p><p><br /></p><p>In the end, I abandoned pursuit of the collection because decent, slabbed examples of the coins that I wanted didn&#039;t come along often enough. Plus, I got into ancient Roman coins, and haven&#039;t looked back.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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