British coins book for beginners

[ChrisM]

Does anyone have a recommendation for a beginner's guide to what's what; quality; types of coins etc? Some say ignorance is bliss, but not in this subject!

Thanks

Chris

[azda]

For all those books see the link above your post

[ChrisM]

For all those books see the link above your post

Ah. Cheers.

[Peckris]

Collectors Coins GB is probably your best place to start. Covering 1816 (1797 for copper) - 1967, it contains a lot of information including details of many varieties. Combine it with Grading British Coins (same period) and you can't go far wrong.

[sound]

Chris,

The two books that Peckris mentioned are a must. They are hard to find fault with.

The good news is they are not expensive. You can by then online and download them to your tablet or smart phone.

You might want to also consider Spink's Coins of England, produced every year. It's prices are way out perticularly for most milled coins (generalist comment I know) however as a catalogue it is superb. You can download this from ITunes if you don't want a hard copy.

After the above you are going to find coin books expensive.

Regards

Mark