rodneyjdavies Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 US 2010 Coins: The Official Redbook, by RS Yeoman, covers all of the Americans coins from 1616 to the present. This guide book also covers early coins, mint issues, tokens, private, state, territorial coins, commemorative, issues and proofs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 Red Book has been a staple of collectors for many many years. It's a great resource and while I don't get a new one every year, I do keep a stack of them on my bookshelf and rarely go more than 3 years between copies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve D'Ippolito Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 For whatever reason I seem to end up getting the odd-numbered years as freebies--they might be given away at the ANA banquet for instance. I suppose the 2012 edition is out now but I am still on 2011. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neweden Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 I currently use Kraus (A guide to US,Canadian and Mexican Coins )19th edition. While I mostly use Charlton for my Canadian coins, I do use this cat for my USA material. I have heard most collectors of US coins use the red book, how much better is it and should I think about getting one?. ___________________________________________________________________________ How beautiful it is to do nothing And then rest afterward. Spanish Proverb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzkirk Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 I always tend to grab my Coin World price guide for US coins and the YS Yeoman World Coin guide for world coins. Usually replace every 2 years or so. ( both 2011, so good for another year ) Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobh Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 I have heard most collectors of US coins use the red book, how much better is it and should I think about getting one? You should always have more than one reference for prices. Prices are very much in flux these days. As soon as one reference is published, it is already out of date. I like to take at least three of the following sources into consideration: 1. Red Book; 2. Gray sheet; 3. recent Heritage auction prices; 4. eBay recent prices realized; 5. any other auction prices you can get a hold of. (Note that Krause-Mishler is NOT part of the mix...) How beautiful it is to do nothing And then rest afterward. Spanish Proverb My father-in-law liked this joke: "You get tired doing nothing because you can't stop to rest!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neweden Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 bobh, I can understand everything on your list of 5, but I am stumped as to what a Gray sheet is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzkirk Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 Graysheet - Dealer to dealer (whse) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobh Posted January 11, 2012 Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 bobh, I can understand everything on your list of 5, but I am stumped as to what a Gray sheet is. Oops ... I should have spelled it "greysheet". It is a newsletter published by the Coin Dealer: http://www.greysheet.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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