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Valued Member
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Was at my moms today and my brother says he forgot to give me something that he bought me for Christmas. He pulls out a 1972 RedBook. I know it outdated on pricing but still my first RedBook. I asked him what he paid for it and he said it was only $1 at some second hand bookstore he was at. Pretty cool going to start thumbing through it. |
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Valued Member
United States
477 Posts |
Yep, and I bet looking at those prices makes you wish you had a time machine too.
Rick
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Moderator
 United States
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Very nice!  Definitely a keeper. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5825 Posts |
Nice pickup. But you may want to get a more recent one since SO MUCH has changed in US coins since then. You don't need the current one but a 2011 or 2012 would be of great help to you. Just don't use it for pricing/valuing. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Ask him to keep on looking for those older ones. Some are now worth more than when new. I've presently have all from 1946 to present. First one was in 1946 but the cover says 1947. Although so many say you can't use them for pricing, I've found the 2010 edition is fairly close in todays market for pricing. Possilbly the largest selling coin book in the world.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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always fun to look at prices from that long ago. nice gift!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Give us some prices from it. Might be fun.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Valued Member
 United States
337 Posts |
Yeah I know the pricing is off and it does make me wish I had a time machine. I can still use it though for mint numbers since I really don't collect anything newer except 2009 coins. Some of the prices are $3.00 for basic Morgans and Peace dollars which I wish I could buy for those prices now. |
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United States
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Valued Member
United States
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Keep it in good condition. The old Red Books, if in good enough condition, can be collector items. In fact, after our coin club meetings members can auction coins and coin related items. Any old coin book can bring an interest, whether it is a Red Book, and error coin book, or whatever. Of course, condition is the key. |
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Valued Member
United States
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It's actually in pretty good condition except 4 pages are no longer attached to the binding but are still in the book
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
If you had the latest edition on page 422 there is a list of the Red Books and their prices. The 1972 edition is listed as being $2.50 when new. Now valued at $5, $8, $10 for conditions F, VF and NEW. The value of the Red Book really starts climbing with editions in the 50's. Keep on lookiing at used book stores, Salvation Army and Goodwill stores. Some of the really older ones are selling for over a thousand. |
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United States
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Thanks for the info on these just Carl.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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READ the introduction (about the first 60 pages). This was written by Ken Bressett and in my opinion is much better than the intro by Q David Bowers that replaced it sometime in the late 90's.
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