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<p>[QUOTE="cladking, post: 50553, member: 68"]At the risk of sounding trite I'd reccommend a Krause catalog. You can pick up a little older edition for next to nothing if you get to coin shows or buy him a brand new 20th century edition for around $40. He apparently likes the world coins so it will encourage him to look them up and learn about them. </p><p><br /></p><p>Additionally there are real financial incentives to much of this material. Most of the potential probably lies in the unc coins but he would probably gravitate in this direction anyway. Just be sure he knows that where there is a choice in coins at the same cost to always select the nicest example. There are numerous coins and exonumia which probably have more potential but he'll do best and enjoy it more if he chooses as much as possible. </p><p><br /></p><p>There are many 20th century coins which are scarce or rare and if he knows his stuff he'll not only have them in his collection but will also know which they are.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cladking, post: 50553, member: 68"]At the risk of sounding trite I'd reccommend a Krause catalog. You can pick up a little older edition for next to nothing if you get to coin shows or buy him a brand new 20th century edition for around $40. He apparently likes the world coins so it will encourage him to look them up and learn about them. Additionally there are real financial incentives to much of this material. Most of the potential probably lies in the unc coins but he would probably gravitate in this direction anyway. Just be sure he knows that where there is a choice in coins at the same cost to always select the nicest example. There are numerous coins and exonumia which probably have more potential but he'll do best and enjoy it more if he chooses as much as possible. There are many 20th century coins which are scarce or rare and if he knows his stuff he'll not only have them in his collection but will also know which they are.[/QUOTE]
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