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I'm thinking of selling my library of Charlton Standard Catalogues ranging from the late 50's to 2012. I just have too many darned books lying about and I never use them. Now, I've seen some of the more recent guides going on Amazon for ridiculous money - the 2011 Edition featuring large cents comes to mind, for something like nearly a thousand bucks. Of course, nobody in their right mind is going to shell out that kind of money. So, the question is, are some of the newer spiral-bound volumes in demand in new or nearly new condition? What about some of the paperback volumes prior to the spiral-bound era? And lastly, the small blue hardbacks from the sixties and seventies - any demand for those? I also have a 1957 and 1958 copy. What are realistic prices for these books? |
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A couple of years ago, surplus catalogues from the Bank of Canada Currency museum were sold in Torex auctions - there was very little interest in the old Charlton catalogues. I bought a new (mint condition) blue hardcover one from my birth year (early 1970s) for all of $5 a couple of years ago. Variety collectors like the editions from the 58th edition onwards, for obvious reasons...
"Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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The 2011 edition sells for about $40
2004 to present have some demand and sell for about $10-$15 including shipping.I recently bought mint condition 2004 and 2006 to replace my tattered copies for $9 each.
Books from the '60s-90's are tough to sell at all.
There may be some interest in the '57 and '58 if they are in nice condition.
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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07/30/2013 02:00 am
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"Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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07/30/2013 11:24 am
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Based on some of the prices I saw for new editions on Amazon.com I had visions of dollar signs dancing in my head for a moment. Bummer that I couldn't get $900 for the 2011 volume with the Large Cents being featured. I have two of those, both new and one still in original shrink wrap! |
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I just purchased the 64th edition last week. Used copy on Amazon cost me $28 |
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I bought my used(like new) 65th Charlton for $0.99 + shipping from Ottawa to the US and then back to me........ So if you look a bit they/some are out there. Fun to see ones advertised for a $$$ gazillion $$$ also.. I guess that they are looking for that once in a lifetime sucker...  |
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I'd sooner spend the $900.00 on a nice Canadian coin than a used outdated Charlton Cat. As a matter of fact, most Collectors rely on the C.C.N. trends vs. the prices in Charlton Cat. since Charlton prices are published only once a year in July. Charlton is great for learning newly discovered varieties, but that's as far as I go with this Cat. Glenn  Edited by glenzy1
08/04/2013 07:10 am
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but Glenn....  ...."at a buck a pop" + shipping, these last few specialized Charltons are important references/varieties that don't show in the next ones. The 100's of reference pics are great to review with.........  ...To complete the decimal varieties you have to have a few of the last ones.... and finding them at give away prices ... that's one good way to go.......... ..Especially for someone getting "back into the game"..so to speak...or for a newbie too... |
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I'll revive this thread rather than start a new one. I was curious if anyone collects the old Charltons and judging from this and ebay low prices, the general answer is "no". I just bought a 1966 ($7 shipped) and a 1974 ($3.68 shipped), just because I'm curious what some of the values were back then. Thinking about picking one up from the 80s and 90s as well. |
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02/05/2014 5:33 pm
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I received my 1974 yesterday and it was worth $3.68 to me. Has a price range table in the back, for select coins from 1952 to 1974. Interesting to see how the 50 cent 1947ML CR triples in value between 1956 and 1957, and the 1948 dollar does the same 1963-1964. Of course grading was much simpler then - G, VG, F, VF, EF, Unc.
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Instead of starting a new thread, I stopped by a used book sale in the mall yesterday and rescued this 1976 Charlton for a dollar. I don't exactly collect them, but it's fun looking at the prices and it has some decent info on tokens and obsolete bank notes.  |
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I picked up a Winter 1981 Charlton for 50 pesos. It was unloved and needed a home. I'm not sure if that was a deal but it was pretty obscure to find an English language book in Mexico so I grabbed it quick.
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I just checked a couple of old Canadian books I have.
1. A first edition Canadian Coins and Tokens from 1958 published by
Canadian Numismatic Publishing Institute in Winnepeg in paperback
This one is a good token guide over half the pages are tokens
2. 1970 Charlton blue guide
These were my intro to Canadian coins and I have used alot for reference
Gary
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"are they in demand" Not really but sometimes I just can't help myself. Bought this one recently, 261587021823, couldn't resist having Charlton's signature, now I'm going to have to change my name. "Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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09/17/2014 8:47 pm
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Posted 07/30/2013 01:47 am
with all above......At our month coin club auction they are sometimes in demand (Couple years old)for 5.oo or so....Auctions of 2010-11 they sold forrr 1 or 2.oo .........
