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<p>[QUOTE="Insider, post: 4870552, member: 24314"]First of all, you can find publications on just about every series. Unfortunately, some are out of print, rare and expensive like the one on 3c nickel coins. Others are a bunch of "fluff'' marketed as "complete." Others are virtually obsolete. For example, Trade dollars have no reference that is not obsolete.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I consider a complete worthwhile reference is a book like <i>Liberty Seated Dollars a Register of Die Varieties</i> by Osburn and Cushing. This is really a complete guide and I'll bet there will not be much new info to add decades from now. Ditto the 20c reference <i>Double Dimes</i> by Brunner and Frost.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are several other excellent references in other series. There are two for the early quarter dollars. </p><p><br /></p><p>Eventually, there will be high quality and complete references on every series. I'll be long dead. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Insider, post: 4870552, member: 24314"]First of all, you can find publications on just about every series. Unfortunately, some are out of print, rare and expensive like the one on 3c nickel coins. Others are a bunch of "fluff'' marketed as "complete." Others are virtually obsolete. For example, Trade dollars have no reference that is not obsolete. What I consider a complete worthwhile reference is a book like [I]Liberty Seated Dollars a Register of Die Varieties[/I] by Osburn and Cushing. This is really a complete guide and I'll bet there will not be much new info to add decades from now. Ditto the 20c reference [I]Double Dimes[/I] by Brunner and Frost. There are several other excellent references in other series. There are two for the early quarter dollars. Eventually, there will be high quality and complete references on every series. I'll be long dead. :([/QUOTE]
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