Product Description
Packed with more than 400 superb color photos of coins - your key to distinguishing real coins from privately minted medallic pieces Handy how-to format helps you make the most of online auctions. Instructs on how to capitalize on the rapidly rising price of gold by making smart coin investments. Diamonds may be a girl's best friend, but gold is near and dear to the hearts of coin investors everywhere. This how-to coin guide addresses basic questions inc... More >>
Gold Rush: How to Collect, Invest and Profit With Gold Coins
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The book is mostly catalog, but with outdated prices, as previous reviewers pointed out. More then that – the prices and thier presentation are from Standard Catalog of Crause Publication. Small theoretical part contains only general statesments and nothing more. The feeling is that the book was published only to make money in the boiling gold market. There is no valuable information in it – all that it has have been allready published and in much more broad and detailed way. Useless book.
Rating: 1 / 5
I thought the book was out dated as the prices were years ago, I was looking for a 2009, or 2010 book with updated prices, I know the prices change rapidly but even at that it wa out dated.
Rating: 2 / 5
This book is nothing more than a week description of Gold coins. I was very disappointed.
Rating: 1 / 5
Great reference book on gold coins. All the important facts on gold coins from around the world. Classic world gold, world commemoratives, world bullion, and U.S. gold all categorized in an easy to use reference. I find myself reaching for “Gold Rush” everytime I need to know the data on a specimen coin. It really comes in handy.
Rating: 5 / 5
I was a bit disappointed that the book was more or less a pricing guide. And, of course, the prices are outdated now. But on the good side, it tells you how many coins were produced in any given year and what coins actually are rare. This will help you in selecting that perfect rare coin.
It didn’t really get into grading, which I hoped it would address. It did, however, show lovely photos of most of the major gold coins of the world. It tells you what to look for, how to care for your coins, how to store them and much more.
This is not a book to set down, open and read. It’s a reference. But if you invest in gold coins or collect them, you’d be wise to invest in the book.
There are advertisements in it, which I didn’t care much for. But there’s nothing wrong with that either.
The book is really lovely. It’s not a cheap paperback. It’s very entertaining and has lots of interesting information and suggestions that will help you to avoid many mistakes.
Highly recommended.
Rating: 4 / 5