Anybody who went to the trouble of putting ten minutes into researching that question online would already know all the answers. Have you ever heard of "Barnes and Noble" or "Amazon.com"? Have you ever tried to actually do anything yourself?
Get off your high horse, dude. Isn't this what a forum is for? Obviously he values the opinions of the forumers on here more than faceless Google results. You should be more accommodating!
I'm not on any high horse and the degree to which JF values other forumers and what we have to say has been adequately demonstrated by his attitude and what he's said in his other threads. The point here is that JF treats other forumers like we were all his inferiors and personal lackeys and he doesn't put even one shred of effort into trying to find anything out on his own. I've already been accommodating by suggesting checking Amazon and B+N for books. Half an hour of online research in those two sources will yield a great deal more info than the posts JF's OP will elicit here. As for what forums are for---they're for seeking help when you're unable to find the information you're seeking by yourself. I don't believe they're for throwing out every single question you can dream up without putting even one moment's effort into trying to find the answers yourself.
It is also a question that other's that are new into stacking and collecting may not have thought of to ask at this stage but would like to know. So being a forum it is useful for not just the OP. Good question OP.
Correct, and that's why checking out Amazon and B+N is an important idea. You'll find a world of references at those two places---modern, classical, medieval and ancient coins ... US, Canadian, European, Australian, Asian and other World coins, etc... You'll find far more info about coin value books there than you'll get in response to a single forum-posted question. Forums are only one component of research---they're not the entire process and the information they yield isn't often absolutely objective or all-inclusive. Despite the glory of the electronic age, the benefits of old-fashioned independent research haven't been entirely replaced by forums. But---if a quick/easy/convenient answer is necessary, check out what volumes a quality LCS has in their reference library. Using what the professionals use wouldn't be a bad idea, but it'll necessitate a trip to a good LCS to see what books they use.
