Any book recommendations on classic gold?

[nwcs]

I'm looking to just learn some in this area as I find gold really cool but just not very affordable I have one book on proof gold which was fun to go through so I guess I'm looking for books talking about things like grading and history and such. Thanks.

[EZ_E]

Q. David Bower's Type Coin Red Book is awesome! I learned much about the classic $5 and $2.5 gold pieces. It has pricing for the various decades, populations, etc. This is a wonderful book for any collector, especially a type collector.

 

1836 $5 Classic Head gold piece

[michael]

[nwcs]

Michael, I sent you a PM across the street

[Oldtrader3]

I like: Q. David Bowers, "United States Gold Coins, An Illustrated History" and Q.D.B.'s: "Harry W. Bass, Jr.-Museum Sylloge". These (2) books cover most of the Classic Gold issues, plus all other issues and have great pictures of museum quality coins. Bass had collected specimens of about every gold coin ever issued and the book contains pictures that are worth the purchase price by themselves.

[nwcs]

True and I had found his online library before I even posted this thread. Actually I had found it several years ago because of the most beautiful pic I had ever seen of a coin:

 

Go here for an eye-popper

[Oldtrader3]

All the online H. Bass stuff is also in the Bower's book, plus additional information.