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rachums107 Pillar of the Community United States 3345 Posts	Posted 04/08/2011 10:10 pm Poll Question Well? Do you? Thanks for answering. Poll Choices Yes I do but not as much as coins Yes it is my main thing Yes but only when I find them No never I don't have any red books Only the errors Report this Post to the Staff

w1a9c8k5 Pillar of the Community United States 1348 Posts	Posted 04/08/2011 10:24 pm too much waste of space Report this Post to the Staff
just carl Bedrock of the Community United States 20753 Posts	Posted 04/08/2011 10:51 pm I have every edition ever made in the hard bound version sitting on several shelves in a bookcase. Almost all have never been opened. What a waste of space and money. Report this Post to the Staff
Rsxtacee Pillar of the Community United States 737 Posts	Posted 04/08/2011 11:03 pm Sure! Started with the 2011 edition. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188660 Posts	Posted 04/08/2011 11:22 pm I have 1981, 1985, 1993, 2000, 2007, 2009, 2011. The first four are hardback, the last three are spiral. The 1993 and 2000 are in the best shape. The 1981 looks like I used it in a bar fight. 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
Sap Moderator Australia 16831 Posts	Posted 04/09/2011 05:14 am I don't have space to keep more than one, and US coins aren't a primary interest of mine. Whenever I obtain a new edition of the RedBook (or any other catalogue) I donate the old one to the coin club for them to either keep in their library or sell in their auction. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
mysilveryears Pillar of the Community United States 1888 Posts	Posted 04/09/2011 09:16 am I'm still using my 1978 edition. Extra space in this place is at a premium. Yes, even for one more book. Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 04/09/2011 09:49 am Not much to do with the Red Book, but my brother had EVERY edition of the National Geographic since 1889. Now that was interesting reading, even the advertisements! Many RedBook editions over many years should give the reader a good pricing history. Just carl: When were they first published? I wonder if it may be possible to give a short price history of the large cent common date, in VF, for example? With such a coin, the bullion value would not interfere with the pricing. Just note a date with a value, say for once every five years, in a list. I'll see if I can talk my daughter into finding out how to post this information in graph form, date (horizontal) vs. value (vertical), complete with an overlay graph for inflation. Perhaps I can just draw it and she will scan it. Maybe they won't be such a waste of space. I feel sure that if you wanted to sell them, there would certainly be a buyer! Report this Post to the Staff
just carl Bedrock of the Community United States 20753 Posts	Posted 04/09/2011 7:35 pm Quote: Just carl: When were they first published? I wonder if it may be possible to give a short price history of the large cent common date, in VF, for example? With such a coin, the bullion value would not interfere with the pricing. They first started in mid 1946 with an edition that stated 1947. For some strange reason the publishers at that time somehow knew this book would go over big. And it did so they started reproducing addtional 1947 editions again all the way to 1947. According to Dennis Tucker, Publisher Whitman Books, that sort of started the one year ahead thing that mamy people complain about. In 1947 the second edition couldn't be stated as 1947 since that one is already in distribution so they made it a 1948 and this continues to this day. Which is why we are now seeing the 2012 edition being sold now. Sort of to late to change the system. Quote: I wonder if it may be possible to give a short price history of the large cent common date, in VF, for example? With such a coin, the bullion value would not interfere with the pricing. I've thought of doing something like that in the past but as I mentioned almost none of those have ever been opened. I'm not sure there is any printing on the inside. There was a story about a missing page in one edition so I did open that one and found I had that one too. Still makes no difference if it just sits there. Report this Post to the Staff
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