Cherrypickers Guide 6th Edition Volume 2?

I am currently at the World's Fair of Money in Pittsburgh. They have it, it's real!

Though I am now extremely disappointed in it. I contributed photos to Fivaz and Whitman to use in this book back in 2020. I only asked to be credited for the photos. They used the photos and I am not credited. Photo credit to "Whitman Publishing Archives". I'm not even in the acknowledgements.

It is good that they used the photos which I'm sure will help out many in the community so thank you for that, but not sure why they would not give you proper credit in the book. Hopefully was a mistake and can be fixed eventually.

Your frustration is understandable. You did them a professional courtesy, they failed to return the favor.

Is the 6th ed. vol. 2 worth it If I already have 5th ed vol 2 and 6th ed vol 1

I share your sentiment. I'm sure it's a very complicated project to put a book like this together, but they seem to have problems keeping track of stuff. All the way back in late 2019 I was working with them on several new Barber dime transition varieties, one of which with a new RPD, they narrowed it down to including 3-4 of them. Many emails were exchanged over the course of several months and I put probably 20+ hours into it. The stuff I submitted was essentially ready to print. Then a month+ of silence, followed by a terse note that due to space limitations, my stuff wouldn't be included.

Fast forward to April 2022, and out of the blue they want 4 of the varieties again, with a list of things I need to provide them. Well, I had already sent them most of what they needed, more than two years prior. Did they lose all of it? I asked if they had a deadline, and they said they want to "wrap it up this week and next." So I'm supposed to drop everything and redo stuff that they rejected two years ago? Being pressured like that under the circumstances left me feeling abused, and I didn't respond. I really didn't feel like wasting my time again. It's sort of funny in retrospect to be told a deadline like that and then the book still doesn't come out for well over a year. My understanding from the other thread is that they dropped 27 of the dime entries out of the 37 that were in the previous edition, so my hunch that I would be wasting my time was probably correct.

I'm sure things like this happen all the time in the publishing world. But when they're essentially crowdsourcing all their material, it seems like they could treat their contributors with a little more courtesy.

Strike It Rich is also presented in black and white. The picture quality is comparable to Cherrypicker's Guide. I found Strike to be the better purchase because it focuses entirely on current coins and contains everything from 1¢ to $1 coins in a single complete book. However, both books are lacking in the quality and completeness of their pictures, especially when compared to Wexler's online guide, Variety Vista, PGCS, NGC VarietyPlus, or CopperCoins.com.

It is worth noting that I own the electronic copies of those two books. Maybe the print versions are superior in some way. I found Strike and Cherry to be a waste of $20 and $25, respectively. But the burn was a learning experience. Caveat emptor.

I think authors put the rare, expensive, famous coins in the books to add a little sizzle to the steak. It's the same reason that many podcasters lead with a thumbnail that says "Do you have this $43200 nickel in your pocket?"

In the $5-10 range, you seem much more likely to get a good picture using Wexler's Doubled Dies, Brian's Variety Coins (for nickels), Variety Vista. Brian's site lists sold coins of many denominations, so you can see what they were and how to identify them.