Anyone have experience with this book? Right now I don't want to spend $40 on a world coin book but would like something cheap for reference.

Have you looked into used versions of the Krause. I think they tend to be quite affordable.

Having trouble finding some that aren't from the 80's and 90's. An '00-'04 would be just perfect.

Have you tried www.half.com ?

I've looked at blackbook, and it's basically slightly better than nothing (in other words, not very useful/inaccurate info. Could get better info on internet for free.)

No I didn't try half.com. Never heard of it until now.

Thanks for the info ccg. I found a few cheap Krause's off half.com that I'll be ordering soon.

In addition to half.com try http://www.bookfinder.com also. It searches Alibris and other's and has been a great way for me to locate used titles from the common to the rare.

Instead of buying one I went to the library and rented it for a month.......free. They have the 31-33 editions. Sadly I did not find one for 19th century coins :*( I'll just take it back and rent it the next day again

Ah yes libraries. Definitely one of the better uses of tax dollars. Although they generally need to stock more numismatic titles

If nothing else, our library system here as a great collection of Krause catalogues.

I understand that one. The selection of books was 3 Redbooks, 1 Bluebook, 3 Krause, and one book on coin investing. Tomorrow I'm stopping by the have them search the other three libraries in town for a 19th century Krause catalog.

While looking for the Krause another man came through and picked out the '06 Redbook and '05 Bluebook. I make the remark that the '06 Redbook is a fantastic book and he should enjoy it. Come to find out this man actually deals in coins! He was surprised by my age that I was closely looking at the books to make my decision. Sadly he had sold a large lot of 200+ pre-1940 German coins for dirt cheap just a week ago

The good thing, at least here, is that all the libraries are part of a interlibrary loan system http://www.mnlink.org which includes the State Universisty system and the U of M. I just made a request last week so I'll find out how long it takes.

I made a request for the 19th century book and a few others at both the local library (has like 10 branches) and the University.

My library requests came today. Cleaning and preservation of coins and medals by Walter Gerhard and An Introduction to Repairing & Restoring. I have most of my chem supplies so I can go to phase III of my cleaning experiments. It's amazing how varied some relatively basic chemistry can turn out to be.

This sucks. My college library has the books I want but they are for library use only. But the Standard Catalog of Paper Money is available to check-out.....hmmmm

I use the 2006 edition alot right now but am going to get the current Red Book today .........I think it is much better.