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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dadams, post: 2833005, member: 82194&quot;]JAZman, those are some good looking books and I&#039;ll bet you were fist pumping your way out of the store - SCORE!</p><p><br /></p><p>Books have been my primary passion for the last 20 years and I still actively collect, but not as aggressively as I once did.&nbsp; In my mid-20s I started understanding books (the value of) and have financed most of my collecting habits by bookscouting.&nbsp; I used to turn many books into a single good one, but lately I&#039;ve been turning the books into coins - all my book buddies are aghast!</p><p><br /></p><p>I particularly like your Crosby &quot;Early Coins of America&quot; and&nbsp; I&#039;m sure &quot;The AES Coinage of Galba&quot; is interesting.&nbsp; I wouldn&#039;t have passed on any of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Numismatically, the best book I&#039;ve found is</p><p><img src="http://www.bibliopath.com/coins/boards/Resplandores.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>Paid 9.98+tax and I could easily get 125 out of it.</p><p><br /></p><p>For the last few years I&#039;ve kept my eyes open for Numismatic &amp; Ancient History books, but they sure do seem pretty hard to come by out in the wild.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you haven&#039;t subscribed to the <i>E-Sylum</i> email list, put out by The Numismatic Bibliomania Society, I highly recommend it. It&#039;s sent once a week on Sundays and is always an interesting read.&nbsp; Visit the <a href="http://www.coinbooks.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinbooks.org/" rel="nofollow">Main NBS page</a> or subscribe to the e-mail list <a href="https://lists.capalon.com/lists/listinfo/esylum" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://lists.capalon.com/lists/listinfo/esylum" rel="nofollow">here</a></p><p><br /></p><p>If you have a few minutes to spare you can read about my best book find ever!</p><p>(Be forewarned though it is not Coin related)</p><p><a href="http://www.bookcollectinghistory.com/2013/10/book-huntin-on-bayoua-rare-texana-item.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bookcollectinghistory.com/2013/10/book-huntin-on-bayoua-rare-texana-item.html" rel="nofollow">Book Huntin’ on the Bayou</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Keep on bookin&#039; and coinin&#039;</p><p><br /></p><p>-d[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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