Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia

Hi Steve. The original list price in 1988 was $75. Street price was about $60. If a collector is eclectic and collect many different types of coins up to then, it is an important reference book. The photos were very good for the time, even though B/W. If someone collects strictly modern, it might not rank high. Yes it has become a collectible,especially since his death. I have seen them much higher than $150, which is a very nice price. it is doubtful it will be reprinted as it was by Doubleday, and demand is low.

Check and see if one is at a local library or coin club that could be used when necessary, so a purchase could be postponed.

Jim

The Bteen book is full of information but how much of it any one person will actually use is a different story.

I rarely use it at work actually unless it's a real obscure variety. I utilize Cherrypicker's and Overton a lot more on a regular basis.

As pointed out earlier there are more comprehensive books on invdividual types of coins.

Breen's knowledge was truly vast but how much of it one will ever use is a different story.

I use mine a lot but thats mainly because there are so few reference books on the type of coin I collect...

Send it on over. hehe

I saw an autographed copy of it on ebay last year. But it wasn't free.