Coin Collecting 101: What You Need To Know by Alan Herbert is great. Mr. Herbert has had his articles published by Coin World for multiple years, and although the book is a little outdated (it was published in 2005) it is still a great resource with good information with facts still relevant today.�

Hello fellow YNs and YNH!This 362 page book by Neil Berman and Ron Guth is absolutely amazing.�The first chapter is filled with the basic knowledge every collector should know; hold a coin by it’s edge, don’t breath on your coins, etc. You know, the stuff we were learning when we first experienced the hobby. The later go on to explain the upsides and downsides of different collecting areas, from ancient coins, to patterns, to early American coppers, the authors explain them all. Although it was nice of the authors to include pricing estimates, they really were off the money (pun intended) when it came to pricing the coins, especially at today’s market pricing.�It was an entertaining read, with lots of fun stories and helpful tips. There were chapters in there for the advanced collectors as well, with lost of numismatic celebrity tips, from everyone’s favorite coin collectors. I give this book an 8/10l, mainly because it would drone on and on, making the book way longer than it needed to be.�Keep collecting (and reading),thatcoinguy�

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Hello fellow YNs and YNH!Today, I am going to attempt to take a dive into the hardest decision a numismatic collector has to make: which price guide should I buy. Before I begin, let me just say that although I will try to pick a better one, both of these are worth buying from time to time, especially if you buy/sell on a regular basis.�The Red Book: 464 pages of awesome coinage. This book is more informational, including pictures of the coins, and paragraphs of important information. The Red Book is edited by the great Kenneth Bressent (my personal favorite when it comes to numismatic publication), and written by R.S. Yeoman. It retailed for $15.95 cents (NOT pennies) in 2020, and is all around amazing. This is defiantly the one you want if you are a more visual and prolific reader, rather than if you want the straight up facts. Comes out yearly.Greysheet: Retailed for $10 last time I checked (though I picked mine up for $5). �The Greysheet is the facts and nothing else. No pictures, barely any reading.. this is what you want if you purchase regularly, or are a dealer. Comes out quarterly, which means if a 1989-P Morgan Dollar just went up in value, you will see it in the Greysheet, but not until next year the Red Book comes out.Considering the pros and cons of the situation, I would have to say it is a tie! As I said earlier, if you want to learn pick the Red Book, if you want the up to date facts, pick the Greysheet. What I personally do is get the Greysheet every time it comes out, and get the Red Book every other year. But make your own decision, and I hope this blog helped.Thanks for reading!