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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;predcarn, post: 144468, member: 6000&quot;]There are many many reference books on coins. I have a bookcase of them</p><p>that I have collected over the past 30 years. Most depend on your area of </p><p>collecting. I learned a long time ago, I couldn&#039;t collect everything. I tried!!</p><p>but over the years, I downsized the field to U.S., and then to error coins,</p><p>and lately to Indian cents,lincolns,3 cent nickles, and buffalo nickles errors,</p><p>especially double dies. </p><p><br /></p><p>My favorite reference book is Breen&#039;s Complete Encyclopedia of US&amp; colonial coins. </p><p>Followed by Cherrypickers and Snow&#039;s for errors. </p><p>Brenn numbers are used as references and also Snows (indian cents)</p><p>I have seen rather large number of coin books go by cheap on Ebay, the</p><p>internet has certainly reduced the need for a large number of reference</p><p>books on hand.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Breen&#039;s book is expensive ($120- 150) , and the man had a strange life,</p><p>but did he know a large spectrum about coins!! Maybe your library has one.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; A second source of information are Bowers &amp; Merena auction catalogs</p><p>from the past that are very often unbid on Ebay. The descriptions by</p><p>Bowers and the trendous photographs&nbsp; are unsurpassed IMO. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I have always loved books and knowledge as much as the coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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