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On 11/9/2006 at 5:20 PM, DaveG said:

I'll add some of my favorites:

 

Coin Collector's Survival Manual by Scott Travers. The 5th edition of this outstanding book was recently published. This book tells you how to go about being an intelligent coin collector, including tips on how to buy, how to sell, coin shows, auctions, the grading services, numismatic periodicals, price guides, etc.

 

Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of US and Colonial Coins. A real masterpiece, it lists and describes many varieties of all US coins. If you want a quick reference to a coin series you're not familiar with, pick up Breen and you'll have the basic facts at your fingertips. Note: This book was published in 1988 and many of Breen's comments are outdated and/or just plain wrong, but it's still an indispensible one-volume guide.

 

Silver Dollars and Trade Dollars of the United States by Q. David Bowers. Published in 1992, this gigantic two-volume set is what a coin book should be! Packed with information, auction statistics, historical comments, etc. Unfortunately, this book is long out of print and commands a premium price now.

 

The several books on southern mint gold coins by Douglas Winter (Gold Coins of the New Orleans Mint, Charlotte Mint, Dahlonega Mint - and, for a bit of variety, the Carson City Mint). Each of these books has appeared in two editions so far, so make sure you get the newest one. Each book discusses each gold coin produced by the topic Mint and gives survival estimates, striking characteristics, etc. If you're interested in southern gold, you need these books!

 

Fractional Money by Neil Carothers. This is a history of the subsidiary coins of the US (50 cents and smaller denominations), focusing on how they came to exist and their use in commerce. First published in 1930 as Carothers' doctoral dissertation, this invaluable volume has been reprinted in hard cover by Augustus Kelley (in the mid-70s) and soft cover by Bowers & Merena (in 1988). If you want to know why so few silver coins were minted in the 1880s, this book will tell you!

Hola soy de tijuana espero estar en el foro correcto tengo una moneda Five Cent BUFFALO pero la fecha desaparecio que nesecito hacer para saberla y poder venderla