A Guide Book of United States Coins 2000: Fully Illustrated Catalog and Retail Valuation List--1616 to Date (The Official Red Book of United States Coins, 2000) [Hardcover]

R. S. Yeoman (Author), Kenneth Bressett (Editor)

Book Description

Series: The Official Red Book of United States Coins, 2000 | Publication Date: July 1999

First published in 1946, The Red Book--The Standard of the Coin Hobby--is the annual reference book that coin collectors everywhere consult for average retail prices. The coin values listed here are compiled from data supplied by more than ninety contributors around the country, providing the most extensively researched data available.

Features of this book include:
--Latest values for all United States coins
--Detailed photographs of coins for easy identification
--Up to seven price columns
--Complete mintage records
--History of United States coinage
--American Numismatic Association grading standards
--Sections on mint errors, colonials, proof and mint sets, commemoratives, territorials, type coins, civil war issues, and United States bullion coins.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 336 pages
• Publisher: Whitman Coin Pub; 53rd edition (July 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0307480054
• ISBN-13: 978-0307480057
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,246,929 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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33 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MS-65 Book, August 22, 1999

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This review is from: A Guide Book of United States Coins 2000: Fully Illustrated Catalog and Retail Valuation List--1616 to Date (The Official Red Book of United States Coins, 2000) (Hardcover)

Year in and year out, this is one of the better books on coins for new and experienced collectors alike. Could use some analysis on why certain coins are priced as they are. Also, could use more information regarding coin history.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Coin Collector's Bible, March 23, 2001

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This review is from: A Guide Book of United States Coins 2000: Fully Illustrated Catalog and Retail Valuation List--1616 to Date (The Official Red Book of United States Coins, 2000) (Hardcover)

The red book is THE definitive coin guide. Although not aseloboarate as some of the coin "encyclopedias", ... thisbook gives you basic information for U.S. and colonial coins as farback as the 17th century. Although the price guide is fairly accurate(a weekly or monthly will give you more accuarate prices) there is anabundance of information that any coin collector should know.

Thelast edition I bought was in 1992, and this years edition is muchimproved. Some photos are now in color, and the bullion chart is veryuseful. Although the red book is a reference book, it does make forgreat reading. If you're a beginning numismatist, before you startbuying coins , buy this book. END