Thursday, July 21, 2005

Must Have Books

Do you have any coin or currency and want to find out its value? Leave a comment/question and I will do my best to find out the price and history for you.

I just received from Barnes & Nobles these two books.

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The big 2300+ pages book is the 2006 Standard Catalog of World Coins 1901-Present it contains retail values of every modern coin from every country within it's time frame. The second book is the Official Price Guide Redbook of U.S. Coins 2006(Hardcover) it focuses on United State issue coins from the begin of America until now, this 59th edition has changed formats to now be completely color coded, it use to look professional now it looks a bit childish.

The total price for my order was $62.38 but with online coupons and other discounts I paid $31.21, but the best part for me was I ordered it online yesterday and it came this afternoon. I've bought from www.bn.com before and never paid close to full price. Granted last year I bought these two books from Amazon.com at an even lower price.

My experience with both online booksellers are good, Barnes & Noble and Borders in person though gave me problems by constantly being low stocked or just charging full price.

I first got these two books from Edward R. Hamilton for less then $20 they sell books only through the mail and only by check or money order I bought plenty of books from them and they never disappointed. Generally there stock is out of date books which is good for first time collectors.
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I have many books and magazines about coins and currency on every aspect including errors and grading. I don't have anything on ancient coins since you can't find them out-of-pocket, but if I ever do I'll go to Hobbyblog first he has a great site and many links for ancient coins.

It will take me a while to update all the prices for my coin collection and I will also see if the prices I quoted in this blog have changed if so I'll update accordingly. I also use Coin Values magazine so they update every month.

Update:
Krause World Coin:
I've gone through most of my foreign coins and a little sad to see that a few of the coins I had gone down in value. I'm more disappointed that the mintage for many 2000 and newer coins are still not in. For Euros especially disappointed. More images are included.

Red Book:I still don't care for the new layout but it is faster to go through, next I'll get the spiral version it's easier to manage.

16 dollars worth, for Comments/Questions click here.:

Myron dela Paz said...

hi! do you know how much the catalogue value for a 1985 british virgin islands twenty dollar coin is?

thanks,

sangdoocha@gmail.com

Man said...

1985 British virgin islands twenty dollar coin there are about 26 different kind each has a book value of $15.00.

Anonymous said...

united states if amercia quarter a guy playin a drum says quarter dollar a circle of stars with a victory torch inside the stars reverse side LIBERTY in god we trust 1776-1976

Man said...

united states if amercia quarter a guy playin a drum says quarter dollar a circle of stars with a victory torch inside the stars reverse side LIBERTY in god we trust 1776-1976

Just $0.25.

Anonymous said...

i have a 1733 one side it has some sort of bird or dragon or something standing on a baby and the other side it has three conjoined legs standing in opposition directions how much is it valued ?

ps it also says SANS CHANGER and
QUOCUNOUE.IECERIS.STABIT.

Anonymous said...

ps (again) its a penny

Man said...

1733 one side it has some sort of bird or dragon or something standing on a baby and the other side it has three conjoined legs standing in opposition directions how much is it valued ?

ps it also says SANS CHANGER and
QUOCUNOUE.IECERIS.STABIT...its a penny


From the Isle of Man it's about $25.00.

Anonymous said...

thanks :)

Anonymous said...

How much is a quarter of 1964 or a nickel of an indian head of 1934?

Man said...

quarter of 1964 about $6.00
nickel of an indian head of 1934 about $1.25

Anonymous said...

hey so we found 1963 loonie great condition but it bigger then a twoonie and a 1905 canadian nicel , 1959 50 cent cnadian coin a 1910 canadian dime and aa 1927 american dime what are the alue thanks

Man said...

1963 loonie great condition but it bigger then a twoonie
--Normal about $20.00

1905 canadian nickel about $2.50
1959 50 cent cnadian coin about $10.00
1910 canadian dime about $3.50
1927 american dime about $2.50

Anonymous said...

oh the loonie had a person in a canoe on the back

Man said...

oh the loonie had a person in a canoe on the back

That's normal.

Unknown said...

i have 20 Canadian RCMP 1973 quarters (small bust) 10 have no scratches or visible blemishes (to the eye)the other 10 have visible scratches what could the be worth?

thank you in advance.
please send your response to my hotmail address keatonkyle@hotmail.com

Man said...

20 Canadian RCMP 1973 quarters (small bust) 10 have no scratches or visible blemishes (to the eye)the other 10 have visible scratches

$100.00 for fine
$250.00 for Almost-Uncirculated