What do you read?

I have read a couple of books, some of those Whitman booklets on collecting, I subscribe to the emagazine Coinage, and get the emagazine Coins from my local library. So what else would you recommend?

 

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If you have a tablet device, maybe an electronic subscription to CoinWorld. Or go crazy, join the ANA, and read The Numismatist.

 

What do I read? You're soaking in it!

What branches of the hobby interest you most?

 

I read my 2018 redbook

 

What are some great books about error coins? I have Fred Weinberg's 100 Greatest Errors. Any others? @paddyman98

 

Wait. You mean everybody doesn't just create an account here and start threads right from the get-go asking questions that are answered several times a week? Who knew?

 

I guess not

 

I did buy the red book on my favorite coin--Morgan's!

 

Actually, my local library carries the current copy (and some back copies) of The Numismatist.

 

@JCro57
These are excellent reading and reference -

 

Ewww....cuds.....

 

I agree that the Redbook is a must for any new collector. Plus it's a good book to pick up and just page through when you have a few minutes. You'll always learn something. Best $12-15 you'll ever spend on the hobby.

Personally, I love the weekly e-sylum from the Numismatic Bibliomania Society (NBS). It's free and you don't have to be a member of NBS. Not really geared towards the beginner, but is extremely interesting. They also send it to ANA members

http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum/index.html

The Subscribe button is along the lower left

 

I read Numismatic News, World Coin News and the Numismatist. I read a lot of the links which are referred to here on CT. And I buy (and read) an average of one coin book a month on a wide range of topics. I also occasionally read a copy of Coins or Coin World in B&N when we go to relax and have a cup of coffee. In additional to all these I have over 200 back issues of the Numismatist, dating back to 1936, which I often pick up and browse through. They make interesting reading.

 

Well, the OP was looking for something to chew on...

 

(Groan)

 

I'll check it out.

 

I read:

• The Numismatist (ANA member)
• Coin World
• Red Book
• Buy books on series I either collect or am interested in collecting
• I own other books about the history of our coinage, history of the mint, the minting process, etc...

 

What do I read?

Well, I have a degree in English literature, so it should come as no surprise that I'm fond of reading (and rereading) the classic works.

I've probably read The Sun Also Rises and Gatsby a dozen times each. Anything by Waugh or Nabokov is a slam dunk. Among contemporary writers, it's hard to beat John Irving and Thomas Pynchon.

When I'm at the beach and want some light reading, I usually opt for spy novels.

I hope you find that helpful.

 

I assumed he was referring to coin books.