Charlton Catalogs

I did not get the 2010 Edition yet, but it seems to me they were only $19.95 Canadian.

Its defenitely because of the different varieties they discuss. IMO they should have just made a new book which covered all of them at once.

Actually, the Charlton cat. has doubled in price. It is now two editions for the price of $20.00 each in what used to be an annual edition for $20.00. covering everything including the R.C.M. junk. Now they have a second edition to cover the R.C.M. junk, which goes to show collectors how much "stuff" the R.C.M. is pumping out. Everything from 1858-1967 (Real Canadian coinage) can be contained in one book whereas a mere 30 years has to be contained in a seperate book. What does that tell collectors about the flood of silly coinage being pumped out?
Nice to stay with the Classics (1858~1967)...................forever!

Glenn

I think the current Charlton is fairly priced at $20.00.

I would be very annoyed if they combined the real numismatics stuff with the giftware crap in a single book for $40.00 and I probably would not buy it.

Their competitor Willey-Haxby sells their book cheaper at $15.00, but I would say the varieties stuff Charlton adds to their book is worth the extra five bucks.

thanks for the info guys. I figured the varietys are what made it popular

Found a new Charlton's(Vol.1)under the tree.I'm impressed.When I had read there were two volumes this year I thought it would be a money grabbing scheme to force us to buy two books instead of one.The RCM collector stuff is gone,it's all in Vol.2.More photos of,and information about varieties is included.The feature section in the back(Victoria 5cent varieties)is more than just an appendix,it's worth $20 on its own.I usually buy a Charlton's about every five years,now it'll be an annual event.

I was just moving around a book case and came across the 1974 edition of the Charlton 22nd edition it is a whopping 181 pages , cover price $2.95 and includes tokens and paper money as well. Compare to 458pages in the 62nd edition and then add the currency edition and the token edition and you can double the size for fun. We have become more sophisticated.
As the 74 edition does not have MS value I will use EF as a mark for comparison for fun. 1948 1$ 225.00 vs 1250.00 34 years later.
1927 25 cent 110.00 vs 350.00
1907h 1 cent 17.00 vs 55.00
1875h 5 cent 110.0 lg or sm date vs 850 to 1500
1932 50 cent 275.00 vs 1250.00
I found it interesting to see the spread in values 3x to 15x with not to much rhyme or reason.
I do like the new Charlton but I have always liked 5 cents so for me it is well worth the $20.00.
As a side note putting the same money in the bank would have produced a much better return at 6% for the most part but not near as much fun.