- Paperback: 271 pages
- Publisher: Books Americana Inc. (22 Nov 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0896895661
- ISBN-13: 978-0896895669
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 16.2 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 796,498 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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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 the basic questions of the growing number of collectors and investors buying and selling world gold coins. Featuring chapters about how and where to buy gold coins, and how to use market trend information to make investments, this guide is for both the novice and the astute investor/ collector.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Quite what this book is doing on Amazon UK i don't know ! It is an American book with US $ prices and a strong leaning to American gold coins. Very little that i could find on UK sovereigns and what there is is tucked away in the "rest of the world" section. Even the price on the back is in US $ and Canadian $ so i doubt it was ever intended for the UK market anyway. It is little more than a price list which was out of date the day it was printed as gold prices fluctuate. As an example i looked at a sovereign for sale i picked at random on e-bay. I never did find it in the book but I expect it is there somewhere. It gives an average price of about $170 for a modern sovereign (2007 prices). The price at the time of writing this ( 2008 prices) was nearer $400 !
I give it one star on the off chance you might actually want out of date US prices.
I give it one star on the off chance you might actually want out of date US prices.
Format:Kindle Edition
as in the original gold rush when the suppliers cleaned the prospectors out of their gold for extortionate prices, so must this book be congratulated for being able to do this in the modern world
forget it if you want a book with any tips on how to actually source coins for resale
this book tells you the following (you can have this info for free!) -
collecting coins is a personal thing and you can do it any way you want.....
thanks, thats collecting in a sentence, but how about the invest and profit bit?
oh, and secondly, you can have a poor value reference section
pages 11 through to 33 give you a very rough history of gold coins
35 through to 264 are your poor reference guide
avoid unless you want to be the next poor prospector!!!
forget it if you want a book with any tips on how to actually source coins for resale
this book tells you the following (you can have this info for free!) -
collecting coins is a personal thing and you can do it any way you want.....
thanks, thats collecting in a sentence, but how about the invest and profit bit?
oh, and secondly, you can have a poor value reference section
pages 11 through to 33 give you a very rough history of gold coins
35 through to 264 are your poor reference guide
avoid unless you want to be the next poor prospector!!!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Disappointed
16 Feb 2008
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Like the first reviewer of this book, I was disappointed. The book did not live up to the name on the cover. It was more of a price guide with outdated prices and was very much lacking on insight of "How to collect, invest, and profit with gold coins."
Although it is a very beautiful book with great color photos, the content seemed very much incomplete. It felt like it was the result of a half-hearted effort by the publisher to cash in on the current gold craze. Even as a price guide, it seemed very incomplete.
But, I do have one positive thing to say, at the same time I bought this book, I also bought "The Expert's Guide to Collecting & Investing in Rare Coins" by Q. David Bowers. After reading both books, the Q. David Bowers book had everything that I thought the Gold Rush book was lacking. What a wonderful book by Mr. Bowers! Whether your interest is collecting or investing, you won't be disappointed by Mr. Bowers book. Save your money on this book and buy that one instead!
Although it is a very beautiful book with great color photos, the content seemed very much incomplete. It felt like it was the result of a half-hearted effort by the publisher to cash in on the current gold craze. Even as a price guide, it seemed very incomplete.
But, I do have one positive thing to say, at the same time I bought this book, I also bought "The Expert's Guide to Collecting & Investing in Rare Coins" by Q. David Bowers. After reading both books, the Q. David Bowers book had everything that I thought the Gold Rush book was lacking. What a wonderful book by Mr. Bowers! Whether your interest is collecting or investing, you won't be disappointed by Mr. Bowers book. Save your money on this book and buy that one instead!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
A good reference for the collector and investor in gold
10 Feb 2008
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
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.
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.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Gold knowledge pays dividends
26 May 2008
Format:Paperback
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.
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