I seen a post similar to this on another site and found it very interesting. One reason is it gave my a "Need to buy" list really easy, another reason is it let me know what else is out there that I did not know about. most of the books i did not know about were just recently published, or very old. Since I am working on a book dealing with old coin facts and information I love these lists as I occasionally come across a book I know nothing about.
My list I think is ok, nothing to extensive at all. For me it is large, but I know for most is it just the common stuff most collectors have. When i first started building my library I literally one a copy of every book on numismatics. Obviously that did not happen. But as my collection grew so didn't my book collection. Like most i bought books on the subjects/ coins I was concentrating on at that time.
Well here it is:
A Guide Book of United States Coins, (aka The Red Book) 1954 to present
Official A.N.A. Grading Standards of United States Coins Vol 4 and 5
Photograde Coin Grading Guide 18th Edition
Legal Tender: A study in English and American Monetary History
Australian Coins and Banknotes 15th Edition
Handbook of Ancient Greek & Roman Coins
Twisted Tales, Sifted fact, Fantasy and Fiction from U.S. Coin History
Numismatic Forgery
The Official Price Guide to Mint Errors
Coin Chemistry
The Official Red Book of: Morgan Silver Dollars
Washington and State Quarters
Flying Eagle and Indian Head Cents
Shield and Liberty Head Nickels
United States Coin Types
Modern United States Proof Coin Sets
The Civil War Token Journal
The Coinage of the Civil Wars of 68-69 A.D.
Tibetan Coins
Confederate States of America Paper Money
Price Catalogue of U.S. Colonial and Continental Currency
A Guide Book of United States Fractional Currency
Confederate States Paper Money
Patriotic Civil War Tokens
A Guide Book to Civil War Store card Tokens
The Complete Guide to Buffalo Nickels, 2nd edition
Comprehensive Catalog of Military Payment Certificates
The Standard Guide to the Lincoln Cent 4th Edition
Gold Coins of the Dahlonega Mint 1838-1861 2nd Edition
Cherry Pickers Guide 4th and 5th Edition
Whitman Encyclopedia of Colonial and Early American Coins
John Hull, The Mint and the Economics of the Massachusetts Coinage
The Authoritative Reference on Three Cent Nickels
Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of United States Half Cents 1793-1857
I have a few others laying around here and there and will update the list as it grows.
This list is all over the place, one day I will break it down and organize it a little better.
Regards,
Coinman
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Roll searching
Does anyone roll search? I have referred to it a few times in other posts but am wondering if the time it takes is really worth it? In the years that I have searched I have found two silver coins, both of which I still have. One was a Roosevelt dime, the other a Jefferson nickel. They are not right in front of me so I do not know the exact dates.
Other times I have found coins that are good enough to place in my collection or in good enough condition just to hold on to for someone else. To me that is worth more then finding silver.
I can honestly say most of the roll searching I have done has been with pennies. With that I have found easily a few hundred wheat pennies. All pretty much not worth anything, but I still hold on to them anyway. in addition to those I did find my first and only 2000P Wide AM. Yes I am very proud of that. Not worth much but still a neat find.
Other finds I have are many die cracks, mostly in pennies but a bunch in nickels too. Rarely have I found any in dimes or quarters, then again I do not roll search them as much.
I have heard stories of great finds in roll searching, silver errors, varieties, etc. Yes that is what got me roll searching, but know well i am not so sure. Yes I still look for the ones I know about, but i also wonder about the ones still not found...and I would say that is what keeps me coming back again and again.
Regards,
Coinman
Other times I have found coins that are good enough to place in my collection or in good enough condition just to hold on to for someone else. To me that is worth more then finding silver.
I can honestly say most of the roll searching I have done has been with pennies. With that I have found easily a few hundred wheat pennies. All pretty much not worth anything, but I still hold on to them anyway. in addition to those I did find my first and only 2000P Wide AM. Yes I am very proud of that. Not worth much but still a neat find.
Other finds I have are many die cracks, mostly in pennies but a bunch in nickels too. Rarely have I found any in dimes or quarters, then again I do not roll search them as much.
I have heard stories of great finds in roll searching, silver errors, varieties, etc. Yes that is what got me roll searching, but know well i am not so sure. Yes I still look for the ones I know about, but i also wonder about the ones still not found...and I would say that is what keeps me coming back again and again.
Regards,
Coinman
Sold my junk silver just in time....
Hello everyone,
I just wanted to stop by and let those of you who maybe looking in on this blog know that i got very lucky a few months ago. I sold my junk silver off right before the crash. Sadly, another collector, as well as a close friend, did not fare so well. He decided to wait.
Prior to selling I was going back and forth as I watched silver go higher and higher and....well you get it. Anyway suddenly I found myself out of work and was forced to sell. Still it was a hard choice. I did not want to let go of my coins. To me they were worth more then just the silver. There is history in those coins. Ok not all, some where very recent, within the last decade or so. However it was a painful experience. Sure I was very happy to be making more then i bought them from. That was a plus.
I guess you could say I am a coin hoarder, don't want to let any coin go that may have some collectible value, even the new ones. I think I have about 1,000 of the pennies from 2009 to present. There all in MS condition and know that oh in about a million of so years will be worth something, lol. Well probably not that long but most likely not in my life time.
In addition to wanting to hold on to every coin I find I search for errors, and varieties. There is nothing like having a bucket full or coins, or a box from the local bank to search through for hours.
So with all that said I have very little silver left out of my main collection, which in itself does not have much either. In the end I know I made a tough choice but for all the right reasons.
Unfortunately my friend did indeed miss the bus on this one. Usually it is me that misses the golden opportunity, but sadly this time it was him. Recently we have seen silver jumping back up close to $40.00 an once. Who knows what the market will do? If it crashes I am going to buy buy buy, and if it keeps going up up up, I will let my friend know I want to buy all his silver, lol. Just joking.
Regards,
Coinman
I just wanted to stop by and let those of you who maybe looking in on this blog know that i got very lucky a few months ago. I sold my junk silver off right before the crash. Sadly, another collector, as well as a close friend, did not fare so well. He decided to wait.
Prior to selling I was going back and forth as I watched silver go higher and higher and....well you get it. Anyway suddenly I found myself out of work and was forced to sell. Still it was a hard choice. I did not want to let go of my coins. To me they were worth more then just the silver. There is history in those coins. Ok not all, some where very recent, within the last decade or so. However it was a painful experience. Sure I was very happy to be making more then i bought them from. That was a plus.
I guess you could say I am a coin hoarder, don't want to let any coin go that may have some collectible value, even the new ones. I think I have about 1,000 of the pennies from 2009 to present. There all in MS condition and know that oh in about a million of so years will be worth something, lol. Well probably not that long but most likely not in my life time.
In addition to wanting to hold on to every coin I find I search for errors, and varieties. There is nothing like having a bucket full or coins, or a box from the local bank to search through for hours.
So with all that said I have very little silver left out of my main collection, which in itself does not have much either. In the end I know I made a tough choice but for all the right reasons.
Unfortunately my friend did indeed miss the bus on this one. Usually it is me that misses the golden opportunity, but sadly this time it was him. Recently we have seen silver jumping back up close to $40.00 an once. Who knows what the market will do? If it crashes I am going to buy buy buy, and if it keeps going up up up, I will let my friend know I want to buy all his silver, lol. Just joking.
Regards,
Coinman
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