I Found This 1943 Price Guide At A Yard Sale Today

My wife called me and said she found a new door for our basement at a yard sale today so I head on out on a 50 mile round trip to go buy the door for twenty bucks.

Well, the door will do OK but I had to wait for awhile for this truck to move so I could load up. I walked around and found a few odds and ends and then I look down at the stacks of the usual National Geographic and "How to fix it" books in these boxes under the table and this jumps out at me.
It is a bit more yellowed than this picture shows but it is not bug eaten, stinky, torn, creased or missing anything. No stains, just honest age.

Yes, I asked the lady if she had any other books about coins or anything that has to do with them.
She said she left a black book from 1979 at home.

1943 Buying Price Guide Catalogue of United States Coins from the American Rare Coin Co. in Chicago.
This is not a reprint. I think it's so cool and you would not believe the prices for coins.

On the cover they say $750.00 to $2,000.00 paid for this Silver Dollar and it is a picture of the King of All US coins,
The 1804 Silver Dollar

That might just cost a tad more than that these days.

I won't say what I paid but it wasn't much, but it certainly was in line with the 1943 prices.