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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I don't think either the Red Book or the Blue Book is much more than a broad guideline as far as pricing goes, but the Red Book has a wealth of other information. |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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When I was looking into getting my first simple guide, the BLUE seemed to be geared more toward dealers or toward auction results... I may be wrong....
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Well, theoretically the Blue Book shows "prices you can sell at". It's okay for newbies, but pretty useless when you think about it - in this day and age, there are just so many better valuation options (auction results, ebay, etc.). |
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Moderator
 United States
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thanks Frog for the information..
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I USED to be pretty darn sharp... what happened? Did you get hit by a runaway Train lately ?  |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Carefully read the introduction to the book. Your answer may come out of that.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
787 Posts |
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Carefully read the introduction to the book. Your answer may come out of that. I did that... I may be stupid, but I'm not dumb... |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21788 Posts |
I only have a very old copy of the Red Book, but I thought the a reading of the introduction or other preliminary pages may be the best place to find an explanation of the parenthesis. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
787 Posts |
That's the first thing I did... I actually thought it was rather silly they do NOT put the explanation in the beginning. They explain condition a LOT, but not the actual info shown and how to decipher it. The Scott stamp catalogs are AMAZINGLY detailed, and those are what I am used to. Perhaps the larger versions of the Red Book, etc give more info in their introductions. |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21788 Posts |
Next thing to do is email the publisher, and ask for an explanation.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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My 2008 RedBook explains that proof coin mintages are in parentheses, on page 21, under the "Welcome to Numismatics" section. Steve :) |
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CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives
United States
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@Nells250: Which edition of the Red Book do you have? The ones I checked do have an explanation of the parentheses used in the charts/tables in the front section of the book.
Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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2021 version... OK, let me look at both PAGE 21 in case my eyes missed it... (pause) ... PAGE 23!!! Jammed at the very end of a paragraph!!! THERE IT IS!  For Pete's snakes, bury it a little more in the text!  |
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CCF Master Historian of USA Commemoratives
United States
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THERE IT IS! Great! I'm glad you found it! Now, maybe a quick acknowledgement by you that sel_69l's suggestion was a good one vs. one that merited ridicule? Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I typed up two different responses... decided to delete both. I'm not looking for trouble and I can see sel_69l isn't either.
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