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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 994426, member: 57463&quot;]People who are not collectors do not understand the drive behind the hobby.&nbsp; Numismatics happens to be a large marketplace.&nbsp; Fountain pens, watches, rocks and gems, there are many such little cultures.&nbsp; We all appreciate the charm, artistry, and history: the mystique.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Without another buyer, though, nothing is worth anything.</p><p><br /></p><p>The books I own, I acquired for my own use, for the knowledge inside.&nbsp; That knowledge I repackage and resell.&nbsp; The book itself is secondary.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>In the other Book thread, I mentioned owning these: </p><ul> <li><i>United States Pattern, Experimental and Trial Pieces</i>, sixth ed., J. Hewitt Judd</li> <li><i>United States Pattern Trial and Experimental Pieces</i> by Adams and Woodin (1913), reprinted 1959.</li> </ul><p>As later editiions and reprints they are not worth very much.&nbsp; However, until Pollock came along, they were the standard sources.&nbsp; From them, I knew about patterns, but more subtly, I understood the huge loophole in Executive Order 6102.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Monograph on the Silver Dollar</i> by J. L. Riddell (1845), reprint by Sociedad Numismatica de Mexico, 1969 (number 137 of 550).</p><p><br /></p><p>The content is available on Google Books.&nbsp; This reprint is interesting in its own right.&nbsp; I consider the book a prize because I knew who Dr. Riddell was.&nbsp; His time at the New Orleans Mint was perhaps less important to himself than the adventure of traveling through Texas, gathering specimens of rocks, plants, and animals.&nbsp; He was a scientisit in the tradition of Rittenhouse.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I need to quote the facts in the book, there is Google.&nbsp; But to own the book is to appreciate the man, whether or not there is another buyer.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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