
A popular classic that just keeps getting better
Review created: 10/30/06(updated 10/30/06)
5 of 7 people found this review helpful.
A must have guide for every collector of United Sates coins.
This book is easy for anyone to understand, with descriptions and color photos of many coins. And don't just look at the the price guide, read all the other parts from cover to cover to learn interesting histories and facts about coins that you may not already know. There are stories of famous Hoards, Sunken Treasures, and brief bits on great collectors and collections of the past.
In 1946, a slim but fact-filled book hit the hobby scene: R.S. Yeoman's Guide Book of United States Coins. This April, Whitman Publishing will release the 60th Anniversary edition of this beloved, best-selling hobby guide, known everywhere as the Red Book. The Red Book prices more than 6,000 coins, with nearly 30,000 individual values. Of course this comprehensive pricing isn't the only reason collectors have made the Red Book one of the top-selling nonfiction titles in publishing history. A solid foundation and 60 years of numismatic scholarship have built what many collectors call the Bible of the hobby a single resource that teaches a little of everything about American coins; a reference jam-packed with facts and figures that researchers go back to time and time again. More than 700 new full-color photographs, updated mintages and coin values, new auction records, additional pattern pieces, expanded coverage of Civil War tokens, and the latest commemoratives, sets, and other coins.
Review ID: 10000000002194501

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