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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2477462, member: 19463&quot;]<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/187908001X/ref=tmm_hrd_used_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&amp;condition=used&amp;qid=1469479758&amp;sr=8-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/187908001X/ref=tmm_hrd_used_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&amp;condition=used&amp;qid=1469479758&amp;sr=8-1" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/187908001X/ref=tmm_hrd_used_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&amp;condition=used&amp;qid=1469479758&amp;sr=8-1</a></p><p><img src="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81IBpgH-rQL.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Another book that is perhaps not my overall favorite but I believe the best of its class ever written is Frank Robinson&#039;s Confessions of a Numismatic Fanatic, 1992.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know if he still has any for sale but one person can get a really cheap ($3.08) on on Amazon.&nbsp; It is not worth the $116.04 asked by the seller from Japan.&nbsp; While there are chapters on ancients, the book is overall on collecting in general with chapters on fakes, tokens, ethics and many other subjects.&nbsp; My personal favorite is his essay on investing pointing out the fact that the last person in line is not going to make money in any investment scam.&nbsp; He wrote this in 1992 when the concept was young for US and not even begun for ancients so he has nothing to say on the matter.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I believe the book is a must read but readers must realize that a few things may have changed since 1992.&nbsp; I said, &quot;a few&quot; and &quot;may&quot;.&nbsp; The coin is a Caesar I bought from Frank&#039;s auction in 1987 for $71.&nbsp; I suppose it may now be worth that much but it is not what Frank calls &#039;investment grade&#039; and it is not for sale.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]522451[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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