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<p>[QUOTE="Guy Owen, post: 3987300, member: 109768"]THIS has been my biggest problem. What are the better books concerning coin collecting? I cannot seem to find anything that is not tied to a website trying to push specific "special buys" on me -- which is like a dog chasing his tail when I do not know what I'm doing. Is there a Bible, of sorts, for new collectors? Hopefully, which explains what to watch out for by way of mistakes?</p><p><br /></p><p>I imagine myself like a deer caught in headlights whenever I watch those late night coin shows on stations like QVC -- much like those watch shows that push watches that the "collectors in the know" would never touch. I imagine most of you see the same guys hawking coins like that and just grin. I do try to check the claims but it's difficult.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do get the feeling from these replies that the intrinsic value of the art coins is purely the value when melted down. So a 2-oz Silver Coin of .999 purity becomes about $37 - and they are asking $250 to $2000. The "art" value is the difficult part. I have lots of art pieces no one else desires, or understands. Would most of you say: "If you pay over spot price for the alloy, then the real worth beyond that cannot actually be known." Assuming, of course, that no one tracks such values of these art coins. Maybe someone does (other than each owner).</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for the Replies![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Guy Owen, post: 3987300, member: 109768"]THIS has been my biggest problem. What are the better books concerning coin collecting? I cannot seem to find anything that is not tied to a website trying to push specific "special buys" on me -- which is like a dog chasing his tail when I do not know what I'm doing. Is there a Bible, of sorts, for new collectors? Hopefully, which explains what to watch out for by way of mistakes? I imagine myself like a deer caught in headlights whenever I watch those late night coin shows on stations like QVC -- much like those watch shows that push watches that the "collectors in the know" would never touch. I imagine most of you see the same guys hawking coins like that and just grin. I do try to check the claims but it's difficult. I do get the feeling from these replies that the intrinsic value of the art coins is purely the value when melted down. So a 2-oz Silver Coin of .999 purity becomes about $37 - and they are asking $250 to $2000. The "art" value is the difficult part. I have lots of art pieces no one else desires, or understands. Would most of you say: "If you pay over spot price for the alloy, then the real worth beyond that cannot actually be known." Assuming, of course, that no one tracks such values of these art coins. Maybe someone does (other than each owner). Thanks for the Replies![/QUOTE]
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