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Chump_Change Pillar of the Community United States 618 Posts	Posted 08/11/2009 3:09 pm Mom and Dad were out Garage to some garage sales this past week. They found me this star coin book. from the Numismatic Company of Texas. From what I can tell it might of been made in 1936. Blows my mind what the prices are listed in the book as you can imagine. The really cool part is in the back they are advertising a package deal on some coins. 22 different coins. Half Cent. .35 small cent flying eagle .10 largest copper cent over 100 years old. .25 2c first coin with Motto. .15 3c nickel 3 different dates.45 3 c silver scarce 2 different dates .45 5c silver with old liberty bust.35 Half Dime 2 different dates..25 10c old bust type before 1838.55 20c piece 1875 1.40 25c over 100 years old. scarce.55 25c dated before 1837 .90 Isabella Quarter 2.25? 50c over 100 years old 1.00 half dollar with lettered edge 1.00 Colombian half with bust of Columbus .75 dollar liberty seated 2.25 Trade dollar the "heaviest" dollar. 1.25 All 22 coins for $11.25 OK I will write them and take a set. LOL This little book is pretty cool. This company is from Fort Worth. Report this Post to the Staff

TreasHunt Pillar of the Community United States 2540 Posts	Posted 08/11/2009 3:20 pm The Star coin books were made by B. Max Mehl. he was famous for offering $50 for any and all 1913 V-Nickels that anyone found. Of course no one ever sent one in, but he did sell thousands of book. There are two varieties: The Star Coin Encyclopedia and The Star Coin Book. Both are very neat. Report this Post to the Staff
coincollectingkid Valued Member United States 323 Posts	Posted 08/12/2009 11:39 am Sounds like a fun read! Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 08/13/2009 12:06 pm Everyone likes to go over these things and talk about how they would like to go back to those times and buy those coins from Mehl. Problem is you couldn't have. The Star Rare Coin Encyclopedia was a catalog of Mehl's BUYING prices to novices who didn't know anything about coins or their values. It's like the buying price list used by those fly by night buyers who come to town and set up in a hotel for three days running full page ads in the local papers. The actual fair market value of those coins at the time were considerably higher. Mehl was a knowledgeable dealer, but he was a real rascal as well. He not only got people to sell him their coins at well below wholesale, he got them to pay him for his list of lowball prices as well! Report this Post to the Staff
hippiebrian Valued Member United States 436 Posts	Posted 08/13/2009 8:42 pm Makes it a cool piece of "scam-artist" history! Very cool find! Report this Post to the Staff
Archraz Pillar of the Community United States 3499 Posts	Posted 08/14/2009 7:50 pm I have one from 1925. And, yes, these are so much fun to read. But you have to remember that there was not quite the same concept of the "collector's market" that there is today. Sure, people hoarded or collected coins, but a lot of average joes weren't that invested in this hobby and high-roller numismatists were going more for truly scarce and much older coins from around the world. Report this Post to the Staff
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