Just a newbie question. I was looking to get PDF versions of the World Coin guides (all 5 of them), and I found this site that has them in a bundle. Since there are many sites that purport to legally sell ebooks, but are just fronts for pirates, I'm hesitant to give these folks $140 to find out later I've just funded a pirate. I looked online at Krause Publications, and they don't have a bundle for these books (and of course that means they are much more expensive), but I know publishers often have contracts with vendors which allow the vendor a bit more flexibility. Does anyone have any experience with this site?
I may be wrong but I think numismaster is a part of Krause? They do sell the CD versions much cheaper than any books on a lot of items. At least this way you would always have a hard copy available instead of downloading a PDF and your computer crashes. They often have great sales and bundles also. Timing is the key. Get on their mailing list and wait for the right opportunity. I got the World Coin volumes hard copies set for $110.00 shipped free. (2016 version). That was in 2016 around Christmas time during their 12 days of Christmas specials. Other sales pop up on a regular basis.
Thank you -- you're right, they seem to connect directly to Krause publishing. These seem to be good guides for world coins - are there others that are better?
Thanks for your help, all. I created an account and get a one year subscription to World Coin News. I'm hoping for a sale on the reference guides. Until then I'll just use the NGC world coin values website (although sometimes the information I get from there is strange, like a coin where the VF20 shows $20 and the XF40 shows $2)
