Coins Books

This is the best book I could find about making change and learning about money for elementary students. It worked perfectly for a lesson I did with second graders. I let them work with partners with fake coins learning to add and subtract money. Buy this book! It is impossible for find good books on money and this is a good one.

This is an excellent book for introducing math and money to your child.

I like that the story teaches generosity when the child customers choose to leave their penny change for the next customer, but I also think parents should teach the value of saving pennies. Too often today, children will not even stoop down to pick up a penny on the street as if it is "not worth their time." Yet, at the same time as parents, we hear, "Mom, it's only a dollar!" or in worse cases: only $2, only $10 or only $20. The word "only" is what troubles me. Perhaps at the end of the story, at parent should emphasize, "Wow, look at what all those pennies added up to. Imagine if we saved all our pennies. Let's start a family penny pot."

Along the same train of thought, I do like that little Jessie wonders right from the start if she should have spent her money on her ice cream cone. This introduces that money is indeed limited and we have to place "value" on each of our purchases.

The pictures are absolutely adorable and there are helpful tips in the back for parents to continue introducing coins and counting with their child. With such an entertaining storyline, children will never know we are really teaching them some basic money values along with math.

This book was a great way to help children learn about different ways to make the same amount of money, in this case, the fifty cents needed to go to the face painting booth. The story offered several opportunities to practice counting coins, while using repeated, predictable text that is wonderful for early elementary readers.

These coin folders make it an easy way to store your coins, they are easy to insert, and hold the coins securely. These booklets specifically are a good way to store the new state quarters.

The Plain Quarters folder is a good way to store the new 1999 State Quarters. However, I wish Whitman would publish a folder specifically for the new Quarters

What a great way to collect the new quarters with the states on the back. You can collect them as you go!

I'm not a kid and I loved this book. Its engaging and yet true to the history and the times of the American Civil War. I would think the folks in South Carolina that worked so hard to bring the Hunley back to life would find this book a real gem. The Hunley Museum Store should be able to sell lots of them. I recommend it for folks of ALL ages.

This book is an amazing introduction to the history of the Civil War era submarine Hunley. Focused on the most intriguing legend surrounding its captain, Fran Hawk wonderfully recounts the history of the submarine and its tragic end. She deftly steers the story into the modern day, aided by wonderful illustrations. Give this book to every kid on your Christmas list - get them out from behind the video games and into history.

Finally, a true adventure story for children that is both historically accurate and wonderfully told. This account of the Hunley is much more than a history lesson. It brings to life the young Lieutenant George Dixon and the fiesty Southern belle whose gift of love once saved him. Fran Hawk takes young readers on a great Civil War adventure from Mobile, Alabama, across the battlefield at Shiloh, through the blocade at Charleston and down inside the first submarine ever to sink a war ship. Her story plants the feet of young readers firmly on the moonlit deck of the ill-fated Union Housatonic moments before she went down, and then leads them onto the sandy, dark beach at Sullivan's Island where a signal fire burned.
Fast-forward more than two centuries. Hawk takes readers offshore with adventurer Clive Cussler to the discovery of a lifetime. She presents the recovered sub in its research laboratory and reveals its many intriguing secrets, one by one.
The book is beautifully - and accurately - illustrated on every page.
Here's a terrific and absolutely true children's adventure book that parents will also enjoy.
Steve Mullins
Metro Editor
The Post and Courier
Charleston, S.C.
Reviewer's note: Hawk writes a weekly column about children's books in the Family Life section of The Post and Courier newspaper.

It is about time that someone wrote about the trials and tribulations that associates go through everyday when they go to work. This book says it all. Every customer should read this book before they step foot into a retail store. Yes, customer service is our top priority, but there are limits to what we can and should do to satisfy a customer. I believe that everyone in the U.S. should have to work just 1 day in a retail store to understand what we must put up with. What happened to treating people the way you want to be treated!! Thanks Naomi!!

Finally someone had the nerve to write a book as such! Awesome! It was sooooo needed. For anyone who works in the retail industry and has dealt with those CIAR club customers - here is your voice! Working in retail should be just like any other job -we should not have to deal with being cussed at, yelled at, or insulted just because someone didn't get their way. Hats off to you Naomi - it's about time someone showed them how stupid they look!

Finally: a guide which comes from an author's knowledge of the retail industry and daily dealings with troublesome customers! Naomi Black's Two Sides To Every Coin is provocatively subtitled "The Customer Isn't Always Right!" - and cogently explains why. Accounts of retail complaints and resolutions pinpoint when the consumer is right and when fair is fair. Two Sides To Every Coin offers guidelines for assessment and problem solving at the retail level, and any involved in customer service will consider it both eye-opening, entertaining and educational (and all too true!).

I had always wanted to understand the rare coin business as more than just a hobby. This book gave me a great start and valuable insight into the world of numismatics

I have read two of Michael Yergin's previous books on other subjects and some of his screenplays. Similiar to his cousin Danny Yergin (who has won two Pulitzer's;) Michael has a keen wit and great sense of humor.

I have just finished reading Michael Yergin's new novel Kill Talk- a true story about the Mafia's plans to take over the federal prison system and the kidnapping amd murder of a beautiful young Chicago woman who is in the mob. A great read-could not put it down. I anxiously await the movie. Someone told be about Yergin's book on wealth building-I read it and found it very well written and it showed the diversity of one of Chicago's most talented writers(in my humle opinion)

As a somewhat novice coin collector (2 years), I've found theEdmund's Coin Price Guide a very easy to use reference.Even moreimportant, the prices quoted in the current Edmund's Coin Prices Guide are right on the mark as to what my coins are worth now. Coin values fluctuate constantly, and invested semi-annually in the current issue of Edmund's more than pays for itself by keeping my knowledge of buying, selling and trading values current. END

As a somewhat novice coin collector (2 years), I've found theEdmund's Coin Price Guide a very easy to use reference.Even moreimportant, the prices quoted in the current Edmund's Coin Prices Guide are right on the mark as to what my coins are worth now. Coin values fluctuate constantly, ... invested semi-annually in the current issue of Edmund's more than pays for itself by keeping my knowledge of buying, selling and trading values current.

David Harper edits 2002 North American Coins & Prices, which appears in its 11th updated edition to provide a comprehensive guide to US, Canadian and Mexican coins. Over 45,000 prices accompany an illustrated grading guide, tips to the latest 'hot buys' and collecting trends, and black and white photos of many of the coins.

Comprehensive source of information on coin prices. Gives a good amount of info on coin background. Also provides useful information about coin collecting in general. It is short on historical details but overall an excellent guide and I recommend it highly.

Another great book for the North American Coin Values. A lot of information to digest. Can't beat the price.

Every few years I purchase the updated version of this book because it contains information on Canadian and Mexican coins as well as US coins. It is very accurate on the price you might pay for coins purchased over the internet.

I am the publisher of this book, which is (of course) wonderful, but it has been replaced by a new book. I am also the publisher of the new book (2004) by Gregory Brunk,
"Merchant and Privately Countermarked Coins, Advertising on the World's Smallest Billboards".

This is available direct from World Exonumia Press, Rich Hartzog, or should be available on Amazon.

Features:
Over 13,500 listings of ALL KNOWN Merchant countermarked coins!
480 pages
2000+ photographs
Detailed Descriptions
MANY NEW ATTRIBUTIONS
More pieces have been attributed, many have REVISED attributions.
Historical Background and reference information.
Comprehensive Alphabetic INDEX of all known merchant countermarks:
Includes country, denomination and date of known stamp.
FREE INDEX on-line now: www.exonumia.com/art/cma.htm
Detailed Listing of all those with Two or more known countermarks:
Includes number seen on each denomination and date.
Often includes attributions.
Many with contemporary advertisements.
Historical information on the merchant, plus other reference details.
Comprehensive Introduction
History of countermarks and general introduction.
List of known Fantasy countermarks.
Cross-reference by city and state of all purposive marks.
Bibliography

and NEW Comprehensive PRICE GUIDE

Rich Hartzog World Exonumia Press
AAA Historical Americana
Rockford IL

This is the most useful reference on the subject of counterstamped/countermarked coins by far. Gregory Brunk being a self proclaimed authority on the subject can be contacted with new information on new discovers. His book is excellent and when you can find it, it's well worth buying.

This review is written from the perspective of the amateur collector on a limited budget. It has been said that collecting ancient coins was the "hobby of Kings". It might also be said that reference books on this subject can only be afforded by Kings, and are certainly less affordable than the coins. Not so with the readable series by Wayne Salyes, past editor of the premier journal on ancient coins, The Celetor. Number five (better to write V) in the series focuses on coins minted by the Roman empire during its long slide into oblivian. Constantinople also called Byzantium, and now called Istanbul, was the capital of the Empire and the center of Christianity from its founding by Constantine the Great in the 4th century to its final demise in the 15th century when the city fell to Mehmet the (Turkish) Conquerer in 1453. Most of us think of Rome as the capital of the Roman Empire but the Eastern half of the empire, while not so glorius, lived a 1000 years longer. Coinage usually reflects the culture, and this is clearly illustrated in Sayles' presentation. It is filled with numerous figures of coins, maps, and geniology. While all of his volumes are usually regarded as "introductory" and for the "new collector" to distinguish them from the comprehensive catalogues used to attribute coins, this particular volume has been particularly useful to me as an affordable attribution reference. It is fascinating to see how the coinage changed from images of emperor and soldiers to images of Christ and crosses. This is a superb addition to the series, fills a gap in the literature, and whets my appitite for volume VI.

Wayne Sayles has created a masterpiece with his "Ancient Coin Collecting V - The Romaion/Byzantine Culture." This book is a great resource, it introduces all of the main themes in Byzantine coinage and directs the reader where to look to find out more.

This book goes at length to describe the denomination of Byzantine coins, the meanings of the markings, and has an article for each emperors and claimants to the throne, from 491-1453. At least every page has at least one black and white photo, many genealogies, excellent bibliographies and much more.

This is an excellent resource for anyone interested in Byzantine coins. This book is also offers are remarkably lucid description of the narrative of Byzantine history. Highly recommended.