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dohcollector Valued Member Belgium 464 Posts	Posted 10/03/2015 11:47 am if you could pick a book out of these, whitch book would you buy/prefer for american coinage or would you buy a completly diffrent one, if so please share why. * Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

MeadowviewCollector Pillar of the Community United States 4409 Posts	Posted 10/03/2015 2:09 pm 3 of them are essentially the same book with different features....I'm referring to the Deluxe Red Book, softbound Red Book and hardback Red Book. Deluxe Red Book: Has everything the standard Red Book plus 600+ pages covering half and large cent varieties. Blue Book: Some dealers/collectors use for buying prices or making offers "Standard" Red Book: The best book that covers US coins, grading and basic information on the various series, has a price guide which is on the high side, but useful in that you can see which coins in a series are more valuable. Now to answer your question, I'd go with a standard Red Book in softbound or hardbound. This would suit my needs and is easily portable. I own the Deluxe Red Book but find it hard to use due to its size and heft. -MV Report this Post to the Staff
dohcollector Valued Member Belgium 464 Posts	Posted 10/03/2015 3:10 pm so I should not consider this then i thought the delux edition had more info hence the question,the more info on variaties the better I think. and I also was not shure if the Red Book was the 'best' book to use but if it has the same extensive info that the deluxe has I know what to buy Nway you answerd my question thank you ! Report this Post to the Staff
MeadowviewCollector Pillar of the Community United States 4409 Posts	Posted 10/03/2015 3:22 pm I am unable to comment on the last book in your latest post as I've never read it. -MV Report this Post to the Staff
Garoyn Pillar of the Community United States 513 Posts	Posted 10/03/2015 4:08 pm The Official Red Book is kinda the gold standard for the first book for a collector of US coins. The deluxe edition is great, but huge and cumbersome. The Red Book has information (mintage, relative values, major varieties, some history, etc.) about the wide spectrum of US coinage. There's way too much about US coins to fit into one book, but the Red Book kinda conglomerates and distills that into a single, manageable volume. It will whet your interest about some areas that you then can learn more about with in-depth books. Kids (like me, back in the day) can take such a manageable book to school and read and learn US coin basics during study periods, during class, etc., but not so with the deluxe edition (too bulky). "More" is not necessarily "better" for all situations. If all you want is actual values of US coins, then neither the Red Book nor the Blue Book is the best resource. Auction results available online is a better resource and there are several online ("up to the minute") resources for US coin values that are better than the Red Book or Blue Book. I am unfamiliar with the last book you posted, but Scott Travers has other books directed to the novice collector that are decent (e.g. the coin collector's survival manual). But I would still pick the Red Book as the first US coin book. Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 10/03/2015 4:54 pm Highly recommend the Deluxe edition as a desktop/armchair reference. Report this Post to the Staff
dohcollector Valued Member Belgium 464 Posts	Posted 10/04/2015 04:37 am i did make a decision guys and I went ahead and bought the delux edition . first off..if I would of orderd the standard copy,whitch was 18.95€ but then I would of had to pay 7 euro extra for shipping totaling 26 € so for the 9 euro more I orderd the delux edition because it was 35€ with free shipping so that was a nobrainer to be honest. and I'm used to handling the kraus books not only that I do think the large cent section can com ein handy because I have a few au - mint pieces I need to take a closer look at some of them berries need to be accounted for :p Report this Post to the Staff
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