Small-Size U.S. Paper Money 10th Ed.

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So I used a $25 gift card and a Barnes & Noble coupon to get this book in person for $1.87. In store this book is $32.99 + tax. Yes it is cheaper online but trying to get anything delivered to my apartment requires a team from Mission Impossible and two and a half miracles. Now if you through Amazon and do not have any coupons or gift certificates it will be a cheap $21.77 .

I enjoy books they look great in my mini library and I find them faster then computers. That said I use Amazon Kindle app and if these books get to the Kindle faster I will gladly change formats. 

What's New

• Removed picture under Serial Numbers.
• Removed star note picture under star notes, that did not have a star.
• Added photo above Mules.
• Removed wide and narrow $5 and $10 pictures under Wide and Narrow Margins.
• Spacing adjusted made to have the next page to start with properly and not in the middle of a paragraph or list.
• $1 1935-D Narrow picture enlarged.
• $5 1953-C picture added in full color.
• Pictures added and removed to adjust for spacing all over.
• Certain (Sheets) and (Notes) were added.
• Disclaimers added to most Dark and Light green seals for 1928-1934.
• Up to 2009 listed for the most part.
• Generally higher values across the book, some modern notes are lower.
• Reverse of $5,000 and $10,000 pictures finally added.
• Expanded Changeover Pairs appendix.
• 12 more pages but less Color ads in the back.

Disappointments

• Printed in China (Nothing against China but a U.S. paper book should be printed in the U.S.) 
• Appendix of fancy serial numbers still not back. 

Overall
All the mistakes I listed from the last edition have been corrected. This one is a vast improvement from the others and if you own only one small size currency book this should be it.


P.S. 2004 $20 EK-* is still listed as 3,840,000 even though I think it should be 384,000. (Unless I'm wrong since this is 3rd time in a row)

P.P.S I found it funny it is still 2011 and they are already selling the 2013 World Coins Book...

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28th Ed. United States Paper Money

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Borders is going out of business and it is an opportunity to get books on the cheap. The coin and currency sections are mostly gone and in some cases the employees have used the currency book pages to post notices around the windows, very tragic. I did find an unharmed 28th Edition of the Standard Catalog of U.S. Paper Money by Krause Publications.

Granted this is two editions behind the current 30th Ed. Standard Catalog of United States Paper Money but the Amazon preview shows little has changed in terms of values. Borders has everything 50-70% off so this $29.99 book was about $15.00. Although the Kindle version on Amazon is $9.99 I like the feel of real books.

Highlights

• Every fractional, large, and small type is listed.
• Great color photos.
• National bank notes listed by type and states.
• The use of KL# (Krause-Lemke) and Fr# (Friedberg) which are common catalog identification systems.
  

Disappointments

• KL# 24, Fr# 37 1917 $1 United States Notes is listed at $125. in fine when it should be $80.00. (Fixed in later versions)
• Just basic KL# and Fr# no breakdown for runs or printings.
• No printings figures listed at all, huge disappointment.

Overall
The book is great with lots of useful pictures and catalog numbers but it lacks details. The Standard Guide To Small-Size U.S. Paper Money although limited to small size note is vastly superior. For thirty dollars I expect full details and every minor variety that is known which is why I always skipped this book until the price was worth it. Maybe for the 30th edition I will get the Kindle version.

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2012 Red Book

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As usual I get this book when I have an extra $20 to spend and since it at most $14.95 plus tax less if you get it online I think it is still a great bargain. A Guide Book of United States Coins 2012 is the 65th edition an still the best available.

What's new?

• 65th Anniversary Edition is highlighted
• Added BM (Branch Mint) to the lexicon
• Many early coins continue to lose value
• Explanation of John Adams Bolen Bar Copper copies
• Deleted all "Type-Coin Values" table
• Liberty Cap gets there own grading standards
• Shield Cent has proper images
• All common silver and gold coins had a price jump
• Pictures of the first 10 America the Beautiful quarters
• Complete list of  future America the Beautiful quarters from 2012-2021
• Four Vertical Lines close-up picture added to 1798 dollar
• Added 2011 dollars drawings 
• Deleted obverse image of 1803 small reverse stars
• 1996 Olympic Commemorative images changed
• 2011 Commemorative drawing added
• 5 oz. America the Beautiful Silver Bullion added
• Gold Bullion Burnished Sets added
• Latest bullions were added
• 3 complete pages of Patterns were deleted (J-204 - J-470), (J-392-J-1528), (J-1643-J-1770)
• Buillion Values Charts were expanded to accommodate the large market swings also with an explanation of how buyers pay 15% less and sell for 15% more on average
• 1942S Small Cents page 116 has MS-60 at $17, which is wrong

Disappointments

• Still no explanation of the edge lettering position for dollars although the pictures has them head-side up.

Overall
Modern coins values are going up and older coins are going down. Silver coin value is realistic at $35 any other value just use the chart in the back. The book feels lighter although the it is the length is the same.


If you have any of the Red Books from the last few years no need to upgrade just adjust for metal values.
If you do not own one get this version since the older books do not even take silver over $22.00 per ounce into account..

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2011 Red Book

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So I am a bit late in getting this book. Since this book came out in April of this year I just been waiting for either a price drop or an extra $20 to justify the purchase. I did not expect a major improvement from any other red book but as a collector I could not skip a year, it's a bad habit I am breaking with the 2011 World Coins Book.

A Guide Book of United States Coins 2011: The Official Redbook the 64th edition is spiral bound is what I bought. While hunting online I saw they have leather bound editions that are $70, journal editions with tabs I assume for recording your own notes, and a professional edition with expanded prices and varieties. Unfortunately I want to see these in person but no local stores have these. Once I saw the Professional edition but I saw no real difference with the regular edition.

What's new?

• 434 pages of less-pastel goodness each section is color coded but they changed it from the last year to a darker motif
• Changed the term "whizzed" to "buffed", this one made me laugh
• Many early coins lost values
• Draped bust images was moved or resized
• Most post-1800 coins have gained value
• Better 2009 Lincoln cents images were added
• Added  the 2010 to date Cent
• Added 1824 & 1827 Flat and Pointed Top 1 images for dimes
• Changed 2009 quarters images
• Added a list for the Parks quarters and changed the end date from 2020 to 2021
• Added 1887/6 image for silver dollars
• Sacagawea dollars end in 2008 and a new Native American dollars section was added
• Updated the latest presidential dollars
• More realistic and updated commemorative images
• Better Misstruck and Error chart with the change of number to word references
• Complete elimination of the Significant U.S. Mint Error section
• Free gift final page is back

Disappointments

• Still no explanation of the edge lettering position for dollars although the pictures has them head-side up.

Overall
Rare coins went up, most pre-1800 coins went down, and most newer coins gained in value.  Format has not changed and they use there limited space wisely.


If you have any of the Red Books from the last few years no need to upgrade just adjust for metal prices.
If you do not own one wait until the 2012 because rumor is it will be out by February.


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Currency Books

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My last two book purchases were for U.S. paper money and both were paid with U.S. paper money but no one saw the irony. I had to upgrade because  although I'm primarily a coin collector the currency questions seem to be winning.

First I got the Standard Guide To Small-Size U.S. Paper Money, 1928 To Date, 9th Edition, by John Scwartz and Scott Linquist. To say I was disappointed is an understatement.

What's New?

• Glossy color pages, it makes the book heavier and thicker.
• Less pages, more compact writing.
• Only change in values is in the higher notes and higher grades.
• Color ads moved to the back.

Disappointments

• Few price changes. (More of a market thing, not the book's fault.)
  
• 2004 $20 EK-* is still listed as 3,840,000 even though it should be 384,000.
• 1976 $2 L-A is listed as 82,5600 when it should be 82,560,000.
• Appendix of fancy serial numbers still not back.
• 2006 $1 B-* W has an error showing the final printing as B07 040 000K, the K should be a star 
• 2006A $10 iI-A should be II-A 
• 2006A $10 IB-* should be IC-* 
• 2006A $10 does not exist, should be just 2006
• 2006 $1 L-* to L00640000* says 640,000,000 it should  be 640,000 

Overall 
If you already have the book do not upgrade. If you want to buy a modern currency book then might as well go for this but an older cheaper version is fine.

Second was the United States Paper Money Errors A Comprehensive Catalog & Price Guide, 3rd Edition, by Dr. Frederick J. Bart. Much better than the previous book but still not perfect.

What's New?

• Epilogue changed from a Calvin Coolidge quote to a wacky song.
  
• "About the Author" changed his picture from the 1970s shot to late 1990s cool guy.
  
• All values change, most have doubled.
  
• Color ads in the back.

Disappointments

• Less descriptive, each error is now given the same boring error name.
  
• Less pictures of all the varieties.
  

Overall
If you already have the 2nd edition then get this one to keep up with the values and few new entries. If you never owned the older edition then get it and get this one also. This book is far from complete and the reduction in all the varieties was very disappointing, you will need both to find common errors.


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2010 Red Book

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A small round of applause to Amazon. I ordered the A Guide Book of United States Coins 2010: The Official Redbook on Thursday and it arrived in my mailbox this morning. No special rush delivery just standard shipping. Maybe I'm old fashioned but it amazes me to order something and get it in about 48 hours from across the country.

I got the spiral edition (Cloth Spiral is my preferences but...) because with my credit cards rewards and an old Amazon gift certificate the $15.35 final price came in at free. Trying to save money I will get most of my books this way, it will take longer but it is cheaper.

What's new?

• 432 pages of pastel goodness each section is color coded but they changed it to a much lighter style.
• Font change from non-serifs to serifs.
• Story of SS New York was added.
• 1720 20 Sols finally with pictures.
• Some post-colonial value ranges were shrunk, while others were stretched.
• Braided Hair has the large and small berries variety pictured.
• Small cent pictures, 1875 dot reverse, 1886 variety 1 and 2
• All 2009 coins added in sketch form.
• Prices are listed in an Excel type pattern where one line is white and the other colored.
• Ultra high relief added, but no value listed.
• A couple of civil war tokens pictures were added.
• 32 images of Philippine issues were reduced to 4 and a new caption of "Basic Design".
• Error section blanks have dual values for rim or no rim.
• American Arts Medal section was replaced with Significant U.S. Mint Errors showing the most valuable of errors.
• Puerto Rico coinage.

Disappointments

• Huge typo listing all the 2009 Presidential Dollars as 2008, page 229 for all to look and laugh.
  
• Edge lettering on dollars are incorrectly said to include IN GOD WE TRUST for 2009 although that was/is not true.
• No explanation of the edge lettering position although the pictures has them right-side up.
• No 2009 mint or proof values.
• Missing some 2009 gold bullion values.
• No special offers from Whitman.

Overall
Only the rarest coins went up significantly, most modern commemoratives went down, most platinum went down.

If you have any of the Red Books from the last few years no need to upgrade.
If you do not own one buy this 63rd edition not an older version because it will last for years.

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Charlton Coin Book 2009

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I can admit it I like the coin books as much as the coins themselves. Something about the history and vast information all in one place is great. Keeping up with the trend I upgraded my 61st edition of Canadian Coins with the 63rd edition.

The first thing you notice is the dramatic increase in value. For example...

• 61st Ed. One cent 1982 in MS-63 Red/ Circulated = $1.00 (Canada Dollar)
• 63rd Ed. One cent 1982 in MS-63 Red/ Circulated = $5.00 (Canada Dollar)

This seems to be an adjustment of graded values not an actual market price. Most values remain the same for modern common coins but a few older coins have loss value.

Another part is the the new mint mark is now called Maple Leaf Logo I have been calling it either mint logo or RCM (Royal Canadian Mint) logo.

Here is the book A Charlton Standard Catalogue Canadian Coins 2009 the cheapest place I found was again Amazon because of the free shipping it was just $15.96, spiral bound is the best.

Pictured right out of the box.

One thing that makes this book superior is that the variety images are all black and white photographs. Varieties are very difficult to see in color pictures so black and white really shows through plus they circle the exact spots so you know what your looking to find.

A few color images would be nice especially with the new colored quarters. The book has increased by 36 pages to 458. Mostly because a huge ten cent variety section.

All in all it is highly recommended A Charlton Standard Catalogue Canadian Coins 2009.

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2009 Coin Books

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Yes it's that time of year when I get new coin books and update all the prices in the post of this blog. Note I can't update values quoted in the comments but judging by the date of the comments you can figure out what the current value will be.

The first book I will review is the Krause 2009 Standard Catalog of World Coins 1901-2000 36th edition with DVD included. Ordered through Amazon for $37 this with the discount but added sales tax for NY.

2009 World Coins Book Cheapest Place to Buy

Here is what the DVD looks like in the book.

The DVD has the following contents all in PDF format:

• Smaller Catalog Files
• How To Use This DVD
• Marshall Islands
• SCWC 1901-2000 Complete Book

The Smaller Catalog file is broken down to these, again in PDF formats:

• SCWC 1901-2000_0001-0022
• SCWC 1901-2000_Afghanistan-Chile
• SCWC 1901-2000_China-German East Africa
  
• SCWC 1901-2000_German States-Malta
  
• SCWC 1901-2000_Martinique-Samoa
• SCWC 1901-2000_San Marino-Zimbabwe

The book itself got slimmer with the deletion of Marshall Islands, it now tells you to go to the DVD for the values.

The first set of files are free to print and copy; for personal use of course.
The second set of files are heavily protected.

I put a copy on my older desktop but it is kind of slow compared to just picking up the book and reading. After a while of searching different coins I get values or info in 10 seconds by the book and 15 seconds by DVD.

As for 2009 United States book it is about the same. Few changes except for the added piece about the upcoming 2009 Lincoln penny change and the 2009 Quarters for the U.S. territories.

Mine was a hardcover-spiral bound which is more expensive but I treat the book rough. I sometimes enjoy the books more than the coins. Over then next few weeks I'll post some world coins I have and use the DVD to post information. Lets hope it's faster.

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Price Check

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I got 3 updated coin books and will update any prices in the blog posts from the past. It should be done by tomorrow to update the values for 2008. Coin books are always published for the next year. I shopped around for weeks and ended up buying all of them through Amazon.com they were the cheapest.

1. The Official Price Guide to Mint Errors, 7th Edition
This is an update from my 6th Edition it describes all common errors and gives a a very preliminary value and rarity. I haven't looked into this book deeply but from a glance it has changed a lot.

2. Standard Catalog of World Coins 1901-2000
This is the best of world coin books and has every country. There are some missing parts and mistake like the Russian rouble for 1993, the China 10 yen for 1990-2000. The mistakes were worst last year. The change is not drastic for value but picture quality is improving. Older versions of this book are fine if you can get them for cheap.

3. 2008 Standard Catalog of World Coins: 2001 to Date
This is the second half of the world coin book but it is horrible. It lacks most modern dates, values are not reliable, and most of the mintages are not there.

All together I spent $72.38 but I believe it is worth it. After going through my personal coin collection the finally price change was a $18.55 in profit. I have approximately 3,000 foreign coins and some went up in value to $28.55 but I lost $10.00 with other coins. Most of these coins are circulated so no big gains. Any certified coins I have did not change in value.

Update: Just saw this one hope to get it soon...Charlton 62nd Canadian Coin Catalogue.

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Reference This

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Along with buying and getting coins I also regularly get coins books for my own nusmimatic library. Earlier this year I picked up The Official Red Book: A Guide Book Of United States Coins 2007 60th Edition by R.S. Yeoman and also bought Standard Guide To Small-Size U.S. Paper Money 1928 To Date 6th Edition by Oakes & Schwartz.

There is a 7th edition of the Paper Money book coming out in October.

When quoting prices from these books you always have to keep in mind that they are 10-50% more then most dealers will pay for coins or notes. Sometimes they pay less so at that point it would be better to sell them through eBay or other means.

Here are my two newest books.
The 2007 Standard Catalog of World Coins 1901-2000 34th Edition.Overall it is fine not as thick as last years some updated prices but some big errors. The last page for South African coins is missing replaced with a repeated page. For $55.00 you'd expect better. I paid $34.65 at Amazon.com.

Also the 2001-Present World Coins is being sold separately at $30.00 only $18.90 on Amazon.com.

The second book I recently got was this older one Coins of England And The United Kingdom Spink Standard Catalogue of British Coins 38th Edition Spink 2003.
It is an older book I bought for the price of shipping and handling from a cool coin dealer. It is worn but still in good condition. The values are all in pounds but that is okay because it goes as far back as 150B.C.. Yeah two thousan years of coins. It does not list minatges which is somewhat disappointing but it still is great reference for older British coins.

I'm still waiting for the Standard Catalog of World Coins 2001 to Date (Standard Catalog of World Coins: 2001 - Present) to be delivered along with the Charleton Guide and A Charlton Standard Catalogue Canadian Coins 2006 (Charlton's Standard Catalogue of Canadian Coins) by W. K. Cross they will be here in September.

This where most of my coin budget is going because I need to stop the coins for a while as I organize my collection. I'll buy some 2x2 and flips and really try to get rid of coins I don't want by either selling them or giving them away. After that I'll focus on the types, I want to finish a good collection of high grade coins.


Cool coin dealer: Northeast Numismatics Inc.

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Nepal and Plastic

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A PCGS slabbed coin is one that was submitted to a professional grading service and placed in a coin safe holder. You pay a fee to have the coin graded and using the 1-70 system they send you back what they believe the coin's grade is and from there you can determine what the market value should bring. Here's their site http://www.pcgs.com/.

This is my first PCGS slabbed coin.

Here's the stats for this coin....
Type/Country: 4 Paisa / Nepal
Year: 1955
Mintage: Unknown.
Metal: Brass
Value: XF-45 $3.00+ because it is verified. Maybe only a few cents more.

A slight update on my collection so far. I've recently bought some silver dimes on eBay, nothing special, and found some foreign coins in my change but older U.S. coins have been few that I've got from pocket change. Mostly the 1944 and 1946 wheat cents, which as you know are barely worth twice face value. Hopefully I'll have money to spend over the holidays and get some nice coins from all the holiday shopping.

World Coin Book 2007

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Proofs sets and Collectables

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Anonymous said...

what is the value of the following proof sets? 1992 silver, 1993 non silver , 1994 non silver, 1999 non silver (all), 2000 non silver (all), 2002 non silver (all), 2003 non silver (all), and 2005 non silver (all)

Year_____Mintage_____Prices______
1992S silver(1,009,586) Issue price:$21.00, Current value:$22.00
1993S........(2,409,394) Issue price:$12.50, Current value: $10.00
1994S........(2,308,701) Issue price:$12.50, Current value: $10.00
1999S,9-piece (2,543,401) Issue price:$19.95,Current value: $35.00
2000S,10-piece(3,082,483) Issue price:$19.95,Current value: $10.00
2002S,10-piece(2,319,766) Issue price:$19.95,Current value: $30.00
2003S, 10-piece(2,172,684) Issue price:$19.95,Current value: $18.00
2005S, 11-piece(2,275,000) Issue price:$22.95,Current value: $12.00

By (all) I assume that nothing is missing. The values reflect coins still in the government original packaging and with good appeal meaning no spots or discoloration.

Also during these years other Prestige, Silver Premier and 5-piece quarter set were issued but these would say so on the package.
These on the left are 2005S Proof in blue and 2005S Proof Silver in red.

Anonymous said...

what do you think the best coins for starting a collection are?

I started collecting Wheat pennies but then I quickly turned to foreign coins. As you see from my blog I collect almost anything I get in my change and only buy coins two or three times a year. I want one of every coin.

I suggest start with Lincolns and if you want to spend a little money try silver halves the older Franklins are affordable and you can get the entire series. Kennedys are great to start off with because the are cheap and great looking.


After gathering all the coins you already have GET A COIN BOOK, THE RED BOOK, IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF COLLECTING, any other coin book is fine for world coin or Lincolns, they are not that expensive if your library has it--use it.
The prices in most books are about the same, the Blue Book has prices most dealers buy at which is 1/5 the prices listed in the Red Book.


Online resources are shady at best, this is why I quote directly out the books because even quality coin site will say the a 2001D Kennedy is $7.00 but try to sell it for that and they will laugh in your face.

Thanks for your visits.

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Must Have Books

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I just received from Barnes & Nobles these two books.

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 59^th 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.

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.