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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Speedy, post: 113980, member: 705&quot;]I would suggest about 5 books...</p><p><br /></p><p>The Red Book....But NOT as a price guide. about $12</p><p>Photograde about $14</p><p>ANA Grading Guide about $14</p><p>and 2 books on the coin topic that you would like to start collecting....if its Half Dollars...than 2 of the books on them....cents or dimes or nickels....the same.</p><p>There are many many good books....and I suggest them...but not just as you get started.</p><p>A friend of mine used to say that if you bought about 5 books a year you would have just the right number to read.</p><p><br /></p><p>NOTE--some books like the grading guides aren&#039;t the kind you site down and read....they are more of a handguide while you are looking at coins.</p><p>So when you have some time go to places like Heritage and zoom into the photos so you see the coin and NOT what PCGS or NGC graded it...then take you books and try to grade it yourself--then zoom back out and see how close you were.</p><p><br /></p><p>Grading will come with time...as will knowledge about coins.</p><p>You are starting right and I&#039;m glad....read first....buy coins next</p><p>For books on many topics I suggest:</p><p>The Coin Collector&#039;s Survival Manual--I don&#039;t agree with everything the guy says--but I didn&#039;t write the book <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Speedy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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