A Peck if you're quick...

[1949threepence 3,366]

Does nobody listen £65 at Galata, they have a couple on for less than £100.

They are quite tatty but still good value.

The £65 one is the 1960 edition. And pretty ropey as well. 2nd ed. 1964 is the one everyone wants, and they rarely go cheap.

There were others that were second Edition that were less than £100, someone must have grabbed them already!!

I'd like a Peck, but they are horrendously expensive, and if you don't collect or deal in pre 1860 copper, you can get all the detail you need from Freeman, or even Gouby.

[RLC35 288]

Peck is a great reference, Freeman is also a great reference for the time period it covers...but the new Gouby reference is the very best!....in my opinion!

[Peckris 579]

Does nobody listen £65 at Galata, they have a couple on for less than £100.

They are quite tatty but still good value.

The £65 one is the 1960 edition. And pretty ropey as well. 2nd ed. 1964 is the one everyone wants, and they rarely go cheap.

Interesting that for once the second edition is worth more than a first!!

The same is true of Freeman. It's because these books aren't bought as 'collectables' by collectors, they are bought for their reference value, and both Peck and Freeman have major revisions between first and second editions.

[Peter 615]

I sold a copy on Ebay earlier in the year, I could'nt beleive it when I read the address I had to post it to, Spink in London.

What did you get for it ?

£92.00. I don’t buy and sell them. It was my own copy which I had virtually never used. I'm mainly into collecting milled silver and for the copper and bronze that I do purchase, Freeman's book is quite adequate for me.

The £92 went towards a vintage 1950's Hardy Altex fishing reel.

I have a 11ft specialist rod and a pair of Wilson carp rods...all made by masterline and suit their purpose...the signature reel is crap though and prefer my Mitchells.

Great reel maker, the rods are pretty mediocre though!

Coupled with my Richard Warlker rods, these reels a great.

[declanwmagee 122]

Peck is a great reference, Freeman is also a great reference for the time period it covers...but the new Gouby reference is the very best!....in my opinion!

I like Peck for all the little footnotes and factlets he puts in. I wouldn't have known about the 1918KN Bird's foot flaw without my Peck, and that knowledge has made me a good £30 in the last couple of months. A lot of those go unnoticed on fleabay.

In fact, a good next book we could do with would be if someone could collate all the facts and footnotes together. CoinCraft used to put loads in their catalogue, as I recall. Combine that with information from the Royal Mint Annual reports and I'm sure there are more primary sources out there too, and I'd buy it.