This book is unique. The only guide to investing in junk coins available today. Along with a brief introduction to the history of metal coinage, the reasons for buying and holding coins and a guide to purchasing coins are data on thousands of precious metals coins minted throughout the world in the past two centuries. Virtually all of the coins made throughout the world that you might find on the junk market are listed along with their metal content to enable you to easily calculate the value of any coin.
An invaluable guide to anyone who wishes to invest in metals beyond bullion and American coinage of the 20th Century, virtually every precious metal coin minted in the Western world throughout the nineteenth and twentieth century in quantity high enough to be outside of the collectible market is included, along with adequate data to easily price the metal content.
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By charles penley
Dec 21, 2010
as a person who likes to place his money into things with real and lasting value, i find junk silver to be a very attractive and affordable option. however, there are many out there looking to take advantage of you if you do not know what you are dealing with. a source that provides detailed analysis of various types of coins from around the world would be a very valudable resource when collecting. in the past, scouring through literally thousands of pages of various texts was required to be fully informed. however, now thanks to this text, all the inforamtion is now placed into one convenient package. very detailed and thoroughly researched charts are provided so that any person can be well informed the next time they are making a junk silver purchase. also, as an added bonus...a brief history and other inter4esting facts are included. however, the meat of this publication is most certainly the charts! as a very busy person with little free time...they are much needed. now, if you... More > will excuse me, i am off to go buy some silver!< Less
I thought "Investing in Junk Coins" was great! It has an excellent history and background definition. The buy/sell strategies are great. Keith uses similar strategies to what I usually use but I even learned some more and the Coin Valuation Tables are indispensable.
