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In fact, numismatics (the fancy term for coin collecting) offers more riches than you may realize. This rewarding hobby also opens the door to some serious life skills, such as * History * Geography * Observational skills * Organizational skills * Analytical tools. This book is designed to appeal to collectors at every level, from beginner to advanced. This is not a hardcore coin book; rather, Coin Collecting For Dummies is a great general reference that points you in different directions for further investigation. Perhaps the most important goal of this book is to get you excited - and to keep you excited - about coin collecting. Coin Collecting For Dummies covers all these topics and more: * Deciding what to collect * Storing your collection correctly * Finding out about repaired, restored, and recolored coins * Pricing world coins * Finding a good coin dealer * Buying at auction * Understanding that condition equals value * Exploring the wild side with rare, expensive, and esoteric coins * Selling your coins No one needs coins, but if you decide to collect them, you certainly need this book. Coin collecting can sometimes be a confusing maze of choices sprinkled with little traps along the way. Sure, you can go it alone, but why not make your journey into numismatics a lot easier by picking the brain of an expert collector and learning from the mistakes of others.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":49898117071121,"sku":"CIN0764553895A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49923268935953,"sku":"CIN0764553895G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50006299967761,"sku":"GOR004405749","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50307370352913,"sku":"CIN0764553895VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ LIKE_NEW \/ SBYB","offer_id":51507611894033,"sku":"CIN0764553895LN","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51612395897105,"sku":"GOR003081517","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0764553895.jpg?v=1750945368"},{"product_id":"100-greatest-women-on-coins-book-ron-guth-9780794843366","title":"100 Greatest Women on Coins","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the tenth entry in Whitman Publishing's popular 100 Greatest library. Award-winning author Ron Guth has studied coins depicting women from ancient times to the modern day, building a database of more than 700 queens, princesses, empresses, actresses, political and religious leaders, goddesses, and others. These were voted on and ranked by the members of Women in Numismatics and other hobbyists to determine the 100 Greatest Women on Coins. This book is a celebration of women's impact on numismatics, says Guth, and a study of the relationship between them and the men who monopolize the portraiture designed for coins. Each notable woman is described with an illustrated historical, biographical, and anecdotal essay and colorful images of the coins on which she appears. Guth also discusses the long history of women featured on coins, and how anyone today can assemble a remarkable and meaningful collection. 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