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<p>[QUOTE="Insider, post: 4870264, member: 24314"]physics-fan3.14, posted: "Breen's book may have been useful when it was written.</p><p>In the decades since, much new information has been researched, many of his fantasies have been debunked, and decades worth of updated rarity figures have been counted."</p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="color: #660066">I agree.</span></i> </p><p><br /></p><p>"If you want it for historical use, great. If you want it for actual numismatic use, a copy of the Mega Red Book is going to be far more reliable."</p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="color: #660066">I write this with all due respect to the Redbook Series and its publishers. To compare that book with the Breen book has to be a joke! The Redbook is a nice reference for beginners to look up mintages and coin specifications. It also includes many popular varieties and some history about the coins themselves. It is a great STARTER reference. The Mega Redbook is no Breen Encyclopedia and does not try to be.</span></i></p><p><br /></p><p>If you're interested in a particular series, I'd recommend a specialist book on that series."</p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="color: #660066">I agree if one exists.</span></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Insider, post: 4870264, member: 24314"]physics-fan3.14, posted: "Breen's book may have been useful when it was written. In the decades since, much new information has been researched, many of his fantasies have been debunked, and decades worth of updated rarity figures have been counted." [I][COLOR=#660066]I agree.[/COLOR][/I] "If you want it for historical use, great. If you want it for actual numismatic use, a copy of the Mega Red Book is going to be far more reliable." [I][COLOR=#660066]I write this with all due respect to the Redbook Series and its publishers. To compare that book with the Breen book has to be a joke! The Redbook is a nice reference for beginners to look up mintages and coin specifications. It also includes many popular varieties and some history about the coins themselves. It is a great STARTER reference. The Mega Redbook is no Breen Encyclopedia and does not try to be.[/COLOR][/I] If you're interested in a particular series, I'd recommend a specialist book on that series." [I][COLOR=#660066]I agree if one exists.[/COLOR][/I][/QUOTE]
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