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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Take for instance the 1866 Indian Head cent. After the date there is a number in parentheses (725+) what does this mean? Can't seem to find the answer in the book. Also what does the + mean. Sometimes there is a +, and sometimes not. Thanks. Edited by edweather
04/28/2015 4:27 pm
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United States
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The plus means maybe more as they still can't say for sure how many were minted. Cause the didn't keep great records in those days.
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United States
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So the (725+) means. At least 725 proofs were minted that year maybe a few more.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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In my book it's on page 21 under 'quantities of coins struck, and mint data'
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Wow, thanks for the quick answer. Yeah, in my book it's on page 23. Good to know, thanks again.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Great question edweather.
Looks like Mike reads the book more than us. My year is 2010.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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It has always been one of the questions people ask. Just don't know why Whitman can't do more explaining about what is in their book.
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United States
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Coin books often seem to be poorly edited. You'd think it would be easier with the compact, coherent subject matter of the US series, though.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Looks like Mike reads the book more than us. Quote:
It has always been one of the questions people ask. Just don't know why Whitman can't do more explaining about what is in their book. That's just it they do explain it. Problem is most people just get the book for the pretty much useless prices and never bother to READ IT! |
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Frankly a lot of the reading in the beginning pretty dry imo. I don't even own one, and was at the local library reading this one. I've started reading it from the beginning several times and can't get past the first few pages. I dunno, maybe I'm not a purist  . Anyway, hard not to read over the one short sentence on page 23 (and relate it to some place in the middle of the book,) especially if I hadn't ever gotten to the middle. I agree there should be an easy to read key to using the mintage and price guides, which is what 90% of the book is anyway. I agree, I rarely, if ever, use it for the prices. I like reading about the coins while my son is at LEGO Club  |
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That's just it they do explain it. Problem is most people just get the book for the pretty much useless prices and never bother to READ IT! Much like another book that is often quoted, but seldom read. Could the Red Book be better? Sure, but it can also be much, much worse. I think it is pretty darn good all things considered. |
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Much like another book that is often quoted, but seldom read. You hit that one right on the head Jbuck!  |
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I actually read it cover to cover when I first bought one.
It's a lot like the left side of the screen on CCF. There's an absurd amount of information there.
You just need to look for it.
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You just need to look for it. I went through the same thing a few years ago. I had read the book but I forgot a lot of what I read and I searched and searched for that information and just couldn't seem to find it. There truly is a ton of information in that book and you really can't beat the price for a reference book. |
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I was just thinking, a PDF version of the Red Book would be nice. It would be a lot easier to search. |
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United States
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 I really do agree; because I've decided to read the Deluxe Red Book I purchased. |
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