Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of U.S. Coins

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Summary: Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U.S. & Colonial Coin
Review: Perhaps only a coin collector can realy appreciate this book for what it truly represents, but anyone that wants to know about a coin variety can use it !! This book is a one stop shopping coin variety encyclopedia. Variety of coin means nothing more than coin variations, the different things done in manufacturing throughout a coins life that differentiate from any other of the same minted coins in series. The Lincoln cent has been minted for almost 100 years; and there are litteraly 1000s' of Lincoln cent varieties, ie: 1909, 1909s, 1909svdb, 1922 plain no "d" weak obverse & strong reverse, 1960 lrg. date, 1960 sml. date, 1955/55 double die, and on ....... These variations hold true for all coins ever minted in the U.S. The pictorial examples of these variations, not to mention the research that went into them, is surpassed by none !! Its always been difficult for this writer to acquire this book do to its cost, but Amazon.com not only priced it right, " it made it possible ", Thanks Amazon

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Summary: Highly Recommended
Review: This is the ultimate book on American numismatics, and I use it almost every day. Walter Breen was the most dedicated researcher imaginable. There are hundreds of mistakes in the book, but there are millions of things he got right, so the errors are mostly insignificant. A++

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Summary: The most important numismatic book in the world.
Review: This is the ultimate book on American numismatics, and I use it almost every day. Walter Breen was the most dedicated researcher imaginable. There are hundreds of mistakes in the book, but there are millions of things he got right, so the errors are mostly insignificant. A++

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Summary: If you're interested in collecting coins, buy this book.
Review: This is _the_ reference book for coins. Ok, it doesn't have prices. It does provide everything else that you need to know as a novice collector. I have been collecting since I was 8 years old. I still use this book constantly. Two decades later. It lists thousands of coins (most are illustrated.) and has hundreds of references for further study. Buy this book now, ignorance is expensive.

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Summary: If you're interested in collecting coins, buy this book.
Review: This is _the_ reference book for coins. Ok, it doesn't haveprices. It does provide everything else that you need to know as a novice collector. I have been collecting since I was 8 years old. I still use this book constantly. Two decades later. It lists thousands of coins (most are illustrated.) and has hundreds of references for further study. Buy this book now, ignorance is expensive.

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Summary: Worse Book on Coins ever...
Review: Totally unreadable , very distort view on this subject :(