The Essential Guide to Investing in Precious Metals: How to begin, build and maintain a properly diversified portfolio Paperback – December 1, 2011

Perfect for a person just starting out in coin collecting or precious metals...

Was a good overview of the precious metal market. Provided good insight into the history and how to invest in this market.

I knew nothing about precious metals when I bought this book. The world of precious is still complex, but, I now know more than I did. I recommend this book without reservation.

I thought that I would begin to invest in gold or silver. This book helped me to know what I should do.

This book is more of a general read about precious metals, as opposed to a how-to/instructional book about buying and investing in precious metals, as the title implies. A large portion of the book is devoted to the history of precious metals going back centuries, including laws and presidential actions regarding precious metals over the decades.It is not "The Essential Guide" to investing in precious metals. If you are seeking one book, or a main/central book, to learn about how to get starting in precious metals investing, do not get this book. You will need to do more reading. It can be one of your supplemental books in your quest to learn about precious metals, but no more.It is actually a pretty good book for what it is. It is just that is does not contain sufficient/appropriate material to be called the "Essential Guide". I purchased the book based on the title. Like I said, it is not a bad book per se, but since I was fooled into buying it based on the title, I gave it only 2 stars.

Easy read! Explains the fundamentals and the different ways to buy as well as explains a lot of the different silver vocabulary. Up to date still in 2014.

The perfect book for the starter commodity investor! A must read for those wanting to know how to not just do it right, but do it right the first time.

Very informative book on precious metal