Anyone looking for a collection of Red Books, this lot has a good start to the full set.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/256090113790

Dr. Peter Jones has written some fantastic books, well researched and with excellent photography. He graciously allowed to give them all away for free last year and they are hosted through the Newman Numismatic Portal. See my comment in the thread for a direct link to the page on NNP of his books, or just click on the photo below link is in the comments to the right.

Happy New Year to all our members, I hope this coming year brings you all good news, profits and lots of good reading!

Please feel free to share our group and participate as you can, I'd love to see more photos of your libraries, special books and read some reviews of books you have or find essential to your research. I'll be putting up a few more of my own book reviews soon.

Very happy about the release of this book about Napoleon's essais, the first in a series of 6 books about French patterns and trial strikes, supported by Numista. Richly documented and illustrated, it immerses us in the behind-the-scenes of the creation of coins.

(Thanks ToddPollock for recommending this group!)

The latest NBS Bibliotalk episode is out! This one is an interview with John Hoskins, a collector of numismatic literature. Thanks to Lianna_Spurrier for another fantastic podcast as usual! Listen or download it here:
https://www.coinbooks.org/resources/podcast.html

I was seeing on Amazon that people are trying to sell the 100 Greatest Ancient Coins coffee table book for up to $400. Really? If it is valuable, what makes it so? I have one from when it came out so I’m not in the market but just curious why it is being priced that way.

The ANA announces a new program called "the reading room" it is currently available to all (even if you are not an ANA member) through December 15, 2023. Looks to be a promising portal of numismatic writings, from the team that puts out the award winning and official publication of the ANA, "The Numismatist" Magazine each month. I already see a couple interesting articles posted.

Aren't an ANA member yet? Join the ANA today and receive the Reading Room, The Numismatist, and so much more! New members get 10% off a one-year membership with code RR24 at checkout. I've been a Life Member for 40 years now, it's one of the best investments I ever made for myself.

https://readingroom.money.org/

When you guys are reading, do you prefer physical books? I’ve been thinking of downloading some pdfs from NNP to read on a device.

Big news on the book front. Whitman Publishing was sold and just purchased by CDN - aka "The Greysheet" much better news than finding out they went out of business, for sure. I'm copying the letter John Feigenbaum sent out today if you haven't heard yet.
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Dear Westcoin,

I have an exciting announcement to share with you. CDN Publishing is proud to announce the acquisition of Whitman Publishing. For the first time in numismatic history, these storied companies will combine forces to meet the demands and needs in the modern era of collectibles.

At CDN Publishing, we have been proud to foster some incredible brands including Greysheet, Greensheet, CPG, CDN Exchange, and, most recently, the Banknote Book. Since 1963, dealers and collectors throughout the industry have known and trusted these brands to deliver objective information from cataloging to pricing with printed and now modernized digital products. I am incredibly proud of our team members who have continually out-performed on a daily basis and enabled us to consider this massive growth opportunity.

Combining our company with the Whitman Publishing family of brands was a prospect made in heaven and that will open new doors. Whitman and their associated brands represent the best-in-class for the products in their categories. From the Guide Book of United States coins (the famous " Red Book") to their extensive line of supplies and albums and the tri-annual Whitman Expo held in Baltimore, Whitman's reach is incredibly wide and a perfect fit to our product offerings. Where CDN has its roots in the wholesale trade, Whitman has been a mainstay in the retail space, and we can cover the numismatic hobby from both sides of the coin.

In the weeks to come, we look forward to sharing more details and our greater vision. In the meantime I encourage you to visit the Whitman web site to see the hundreds of books and supplies available there, as well as an attractive inventory of collectible U.S. stamps under the H.E. Harris brand. (In celebration of this announcement, we are pleased to offer a 20% discount at the Whitman web site. Use code: GREYSHEET at checkout.)

You can read our official press release here, but if you have any questions, please shoot me an email at [email protected].

Sincerely,
John Feigenbaum,
CEO & President

There is a book auction coming up in early November by Workman's Books.
"Selections from A Latin American Numismatic Library and other Consignments Sale 6" It will be done in two parts starting on 11-11 and ending on 11-12.

https://www.workmansbooks.com/

Links to the auction and a way to register is on their page linked above. I spent way too much last time in auction #5, but the books were fabulous and the quality was excellent.

A short review on a new addition to Ed Fuhrman's set of Half Cent books.

My latest book, the 2014 Standard Catalog of World Coins 2001-Date. I slept too long on getting the later editions of this century (and some of the other centuries), esp those last few years, people are asking outrageous sums for them (over $500, in some cases), now that the series is no longer in print, and I think more of us numi nerds are scrambling to secure copies, some sellers are really trying to take advantage of the situation. Hence, I have one random year edition of all centuries except the 1700s, now, aiming to spend nowhere near $500.
Is anyone knowledgeable as to whether Penguin Books will sell the rights to the series, as they stopped publishing shortly after acquiring the rights. Even if they only did a digital edition and print every 5 years, it would be nice. Seems far too much of landmark series to let it die quietly.
For anyone unfamiliar, this is the source of KM#s, aka Krause, or Krause-Mishler numbers, and as editions went on these things really swelled to become absolutely huge tomes, featuring full-sized pictures of the coins. There are obviously specialty books which cover varieties, and whatnot, beyond the scope of the series, but there really isn't any other eponymous source for coin cataloging of the whole world of coins, from 1600-on, that I'm aware of.

Wikipedia:
Krause Publications, an American publisher of hobby magazines and books, was originally founded and based in Iola, Wisconsin.[1] However, in April 2018, they relocated to Stevens Point, Wisconsin.[2]

Krause Publications

The company was started by Chester L. Krause (1923–2016) upon the publication in October 1952 of the first issue of Numismatic News.[3] In the coin collecting community the company is best known for its Standard Catalog of World Coins, a series of coin catalogs commonly referred to as Krause-Mishler catalogs or simply Krause catalogs; they provide information, pricing, and Krause-Mishler (KM) numbers[4] referring to coin rarity and value. Krause-Mishler (named for Krause and longtime employee Clifford Mishler) numbers are the most common way of assigning values to coins. The first edition was published in 1972.[5] In addition, they established the Coin of the Year Award, first issued in 1984, for excellence in coinage design.[6]

In the paper money collecting community, the company is known for its paper money catalogs. In 1975, the first edition of the seminal Standard Catalog of World Paper Money authored by Albert Pick was published. Its numbering system, the Pick numbers, is widely used to identify banknotes.[7]

In 1997, Krause acquired the non-automotive book titles of the Chilton Company.[8] In June 2002 Krause was acquired by F+W (back then F&W Publications).[9] At that time, Krause Publications was publishing 46 periodicals and had nearly 750 books in print.[10] Krause Publications was continued by F+W as an imprint.

In June 2019, the assets of F+W were sold through bankruptcy auctions. Penguin Random House acquired the book publishing assets and Krause brand.[11] The magazines were divided among different entities,[12] with Numismatic News, for example, being acquired by Active Interest Media.[13] The 2019 edition of the Standard Catalog of World Coins included XX and XXI century editions. Penguin published the 2020 edition of the XX Century Standard Catalog of World Coins, but the XXI century edition was not released.

Is there like a dictionary I can use to find out what fs at the end of a set of mercury dimes means? (Not first strike?) why some coins slabs have set(14) coin 32 typed on them, what the fs-103 (etc) means after a DDO? I’m forever curious Thanks