Please name some of the coin books you have. I have these:

1) The Walking Liberty Half Dollar by Anthony Swiatek
2) Treasure Hunting Walking Liberty Half Dollars by Kevin Flynn and Brian Raines
3) Red Books, Blue Books,Coin World from 1964 to 2005

2005 Redbook
2006 Blackbook (Currency)

PCGS Grading Guide
Red Book (several)
Blue Book (several)
Black Book
ANA Grading Guide
Photograde
Breen's Encyclopedia
Rare Coin Estate Handbook
Coin Collector's Survival Manual
Official Guide to Mint Errors
Collectible American Coins
Adventures with Rare Coins
Twisted Tails
US Mint and Coinage
History of US Coinage
Standard Catalogue of World Coins
Hard Times Tokens - Rulau
Coin World Almanac Millennium Edition
High Profits from Rare Coin Investment
Coins and Collectors
Handbook of Ancient Greek and Roman Coins
Whitman Coins Questions and Answers
Numismatist Bedside Companion
Numismatists Lakeside Companion
United States Coins by Design Types
Red Book of United States Type Coins
Red Book of Morgan Silver Dollars
Coin Teasures and Hoards

Those are the ones within eyesight. Might be a handfull more but not a lot more.

2005 Redbook - for US coins;
Krause, latest editions for 20th & 19th century world coins;
Half Cent Die States - by Ron Manley, for US Half Cents;
The Cent Book - by John Wright, for US Large Cents 1816 to 1839;
U.S. Cents - by Bob Grellman, for US Large Cents 1840 to 1857;
Penny Whimsy - by Wm. Sheldon, for US Large Cents 1793 to 1814;
Provincial Token Coinage of the 18th Century - by Dalton & Hamer, for British "Conder" tokens;
Papal Coins - by Allen Berman, for coins of the Papal States and Vatican;
Coins of England - by Spink, for British coins from way back;
Guide to Biblical Coins - by David Henden, for bible-era coinage;
A handful of David Sear's books on Roman and Greek ancients;
Breen's Encyclopedia of US coins - don't bother. It's not worth it;
... and several other miscellaneous books like grading guides, etc.

1972? Don't have in front of me Redbook
197? Bluebook
2005 Redbook
2006 Redbook
Photograde
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money Standard Issues 1368-1960
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money Standard Issues 1960-Present
Standard Catalog of World Paper Money Specialized Issues
Standard Catalog of World Coins 18th Century
Standard Catalog of World Coins 19th Century
Standard Catalog of World Coins 1901 to Present
Collectors Coins Great Britain 2005
Paper Money of the United States (Bluebook)
I also have a few more not within eyesight and The Official Guide to Coin Grading and Counterfeit Detection by PCGS on the way.

Now I'm just going to move this over to the book thread...

Oh I have The Error Coin Encyclopedia... um the rest may come to me...

Nice library! I looked long and hard at the Red Book of United States Type Coins and finally concluded that there was very little in there that was not in the standard Redbook - a bit on availability and the like, but nothing real different. Owning it, do you find this to be the case?

I am a Bowers addict so I am a little biased. There's a lot of similar information but I like the introductions to the book and each denomination and his tips and discussion on each type.


I plan on getting each of the specialized Redbooks. I think they will make a nice reference library when all is said and done.

Oh, yeah ... I have a couple of Bowers' books, too. Just not close at hand.

In this room

3rd edition Standard Catalog of United States Tokens
A Guide Book of United States Coins 1998
Offical A.N.A. Grading Standards for United States Coins Fifth Edition
The Cherrypickers Guide to Rare Die Varieties Fourth edition Volume One
Roman Coins and Their Values Vol I and II Millenium Edition
Ancient Coin Collecting by Wayne Sayles Vol I, III, VI
Classical Deception
Orichalcum and related alloys by Earle R.Caley
Syllogue Nummorum Sasanidarum VolI and Vol III
The Pound by David Sinclair
The Standard Catalog of World Coins 18th, 19th, 20th century
King Croseus' Gold
2nd edition A Guide and Checklist World Notgeld
Waltern Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial Coins
Metal Analaysis of Roman Coins minted Under the Empire
Coin Hoards from Romam Britain
The early coinage of central Asia by Michael Mitchiner
Sasanian Numismatics by Robert Goebl
Standing Liberty Quarters by J.H.Cline
Hard Times Tokens by Russel Rulau
Civil War Tokens by Fuld

Do you not like this book, or don't think it's worth it's asking price?

Not Much
04,05,06 Red book
06 Blue book
thats about it
just the basics

Collectors' Coins; British Coins 1992, 2004 & 2005
Spinks' British Coin Catalogue 1985
Seaby's Coins of England & UK 1993
Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English & UK Coinage 2000
Edward Hawkins, English Silver Coinage 1841
Redbook 2004
JJ North, English Hammered Coinage c.600-1662


I have a few photocopies here and there. I don't have many coin books because there's not a great deal out there on the market, except Spinks and i don't like Spinks.

My library is pretty pathetic, but at least it serves my needs:

1987, 2002 and 2004 Redbooks, also a 2002 SSCA Commemorative Redbook
Official Guide to Detecting Altered and Counterfeit Coins and Currency
The Cherrypickers' Guide
The US Rare Coin Handbook
The ANA Guide to Counterfeit Detection
The Red Book Guide to Double Eagles
The Complete Guide to Buffalo Nickels by David Lange
History of the United States Mint and Its Coinage by David Lange

And my most used books by far:

Akers' Handbook of 20th Century United States Gold Coins 1907-33
Overton's Early Half Dollar Die Varieties, Third Edition

That's about all I can think of for now!

Sorry about posting twice... i didn't think the one above had gone through!


I'll add the missing to the list as i find them again, having a bit of a reorganise here, but here's what i can think of off the top of my head;

Collector's Coins UK 1992, 2004 & 2005
Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of English and UK coins 2000
Seaby's UK Catalogue 1993
Spinks British Coins Catalogue 1985
Redbook 2004
N. Mayhew's, Sterling the history of the English & UK currency
E. Hawkins, English Silver Coins (London, 1841)
J. J. North, English Hammered Coinage (London, 1999)

And some photocopies of various things; The chapter on Royal Finance and Coinage from H. A. Cronne's book Stephen and the Anarchy; 1135-54

And some photocopies of the studies of the coins of Æthelred II (978-1016) and today i've just picked up a somewhat tatty copy of;

A. Freeman, The Moneyer and the Mint in the Reign of Edward the Confessor 1042-1066; Part II (London, 1985)

Sad thing is as far as i could see only Part II was there, Part I was missing. I'll have a look around and see if i can source it.

Seaby copper coins and tokens of the British Isles 1949
Spink (several copies...latest 2004)
Coincraft's 2000 English and UK coins.
Coin Yearbook (several copies...latest 2005)
ESC since 1649
English milled coinage...Cope and Rayner 1975
Peck 2nd edition
Montagu's Copper coins of England 1893
English paper money..Dugglebey
Rotagraphic books
Roman base metal,Roman Silver,Collectors bank notes,Collectors coins..several copies latest 2005
All 4 Check your change from the 60/70's....these started me off.
& US Redbook 2005.
Together with a shelf load of Coin Monthlies from Ebay....there is a wealth of info in these with which I'm putting a folder together.

I get Krause out of the Library on a regular basis and JJ North for hammered (volume 2)..although I prefer Coincraft and Spink to ID my hammered

Add to mine a 2006 Redbook and a Rotographic Roman Base Metal Coins

On hand:

Coin Collector - WC Hazlitt
Coinage of the European Continent - WC Hazlitt
Coins -RAG Carson
Coins of the World - WD Craig
English and UK Coins - Coincraft
Scotland, Ireland (etc) - Coincraft
Coins of England - Spink
British Tokens and Their values - Seaby
Coins and Tokens of Scotland - Seaby
World Dollars - Bachtell (three vols)
European Crown Size Coins and Their Multiples - J DeMay
European Crowns - Davenport (several vols)
German Talers - Davenport (several vols)
Talers / Ecus of Alsace Lorraine - Davenport
Ecu's Talers (etc) French Provinces - Davenport
Silver Dollar Size Coins of French Provinces - AE Kelpsh (reprint from The Numismatist )
Copper Coins of France - Eklund (reprint from The Numismatist )
Medieval Feudal French Coinage - Lhotka (reprint from The Numismatist )
Les Monnaies Anciennes - Boussac / Delagrange
Monnaies Royales Francaises - Ciani
Monnaies Francaises Gadoury
Monnaies Francaises de la Guerre - Ciani
Monnaies Francaises - Benjamin Fillon (1853)
Repertoire de la Numismatique Francaise Contemporaine - J DeMay
Les Monnaies Feudales D'Artois - Claude Richebe
Les petits Deniers de Flandre des XII et XIII siecles - J Ghyssens
The Silver Coins of Medieval France - Jim Roberts
various books on ancient coins (Anthony, Sayles, Carradice, Head, Milne, Klawans)
various specialist books on jetons and world notgeld
Krause catalogues , Red books, Charlton's, general books on world coins...and a whole load of others besides.

Enough to keep me busy.

Ian