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Summary: expected a newer edition
Review: The 58th edition is out, I expected a newer edition than the 54th edition I received.
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Summary: The Coin Collector's Bible
Review: The red book is THE definitive coin guide. Although not aseloboarate as some of the coin "encyclopedias", ... thisbook gives you basic information for U.S. and colonial coins as farback as the 17th century. Although the price guide is fairly accurate(a weekly or monthly will give you more accuarate prices) there is anabundance of information that any coin collector should know. Thelast edition I bought was in 1992, and this years edition is muchimproved. Some photos are now in color, and the bullion chart is veryuseful. Although the red book is a reference book, it does make forgreat reading. If you're a beginning numismatist, before you startbuying coins , buy this book. END
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Summary: The plot leaves something to be desired.
Review: The storyline is often hard to follow. Sometimes you feel that you are being deluged with facts that take away from the main plot. The author's excellent historical research, however, more than makes up for these shortcomings. The characters are described in minute detail, which helps to visualize the content. There is internal tension that builds to a crescendo in the Morgan chapter but unfortunately falls flat on its face in the Peace chapter. All is saved, however, by the appearance of a new exotic character named Sacagawea at the end of the book. All in all, I have to day that it is a rather enjoyable, if not dry read. I have found myself coming back and back to this book to re-read portions almost on a daily basis.
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