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jbuck Moderator United States 189767 Posts	Posted 03/18/2008 12:18 pm I have four hardback Red Books: 1981, 1985, 1993, and 2000. I have one spiral, 2007. The 1981 is almost wore out, with lots of notes written in it. I was eleven, still a noob, so I treated it like a textbook! The 1985 is a little worn, but still in great shape. My 1993 and 2000 are in great condition, almost new. I took better care of them and I do not think I ever took them with me anywhere. The 2007 spiral is getting worn out! I have been re-educating myself after a much too long break from collecting! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
daviscfad Pillar of the Community United States 4541 Posts	Posted 03/20/2008 10:41 am Someone who collects world coins tell me a good price guide to buy? thanks Report this Post to the Staff
just carl Bedrock of the Community United States 20753 Posts	Posted 03/20/2008 10:45 pm After reading this post at the last coin show Sunday I went to the person that had a table of coin books. Normally I wouldn't even look for the Blue Book but this time I did. None there. I asked about them and was told no market for them so he never carries them. Now I will have to try to find one to see what is so wrong with them. Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 03/21/2008 3:12 pm I believe the bluebook does NOT have all the history and background information that can be found in the RedBook. I also believe the only dealer that buy using bluebook prices are the ripoff dealers. It has been some time since I looked at a bluebook but at that time the prices listed in it were well below the typical wholesale prices. The only good use I cn think of for a bluebook would be to level a wobbly table. As for the RedBook, the prices should be ignored (with the exception of using them to determine relative rarity within a series) but the history, series information, coin specs, mintages, etc make it will worth owning a copy and maybe an update every ten years or so. And frankly if you don't have one, get an older copy too from before they had Bowers write the history section in the beginning. Bressett/Yeoman did a much better job of it. Report this Post to the Staff
nlp coins Pillar of the Community United States 2373 Posts	Posted 04/16/2008 6:24 pm I'm going to looking at some coins from a bequeathment this weekend. The owner said he quantified his ballpark price with the blue book. That may not be a bad thing depending on the grades and relative rarity. Good better and best to some, means no holes! Could be a few keepers in there and we both leave satisfied. nlp Report this Post to the Staff
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