The Official Price Guide to Mint Errors, 6th Edition [Paperback]

Alan Herbert (Author)

Book Description

Series: Official Price Guide to Mint Errors | Publication Date: March 26, 2002

Finding mint errors—oddball coins—can sometimes be the next best thing to finding buried treasure. Written by one of the leading authorities and researchers of the minting process, The Official Price Guide to Mint Errors offers the most complete record of existing coin errors and uncovers vital information to help educate the novice collector as well as the seasoned expert about this unique area of collecting.

* Exhaustive information on all kinds of mint errors, including split dies, cracked planchets, and double strikes
* Expert advice on buying, selling, and collecting mint errors
* Detailed descriptions and photographs for easy identification

Product Details

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: House of Collectibles; 6 edition (March 26, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0609808559
• ISBN-13: 978-0609808559
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,039,273 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 4 Stars but only because of its explication of rating system, July 12, 2003

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Mendicant Pigeon "Mendicant Pigeon" (pdx, or United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Official Price Guide to Mint Errors, 6th Edition (Paperback)

The review below lodges some valid and important complaints. To wit, this book really is not a price guide as such as the 'guidance' is so broad as to be meaningless. Also, it is quite difficult to look up specific varieties such as the one you may be holding in your grimy little paw, and it doesn't give enough up to date information on the populations of various errors. Having said that, it is one of those I believe any nonprofessional coin collector ... coin scout should have for the following reasons: Alan Herbert, the author does give examples of the broad panoply of mint errors that are out there, with description, level of rarity and, usually, a photgraph for visual reference. More importantly, the book includes a complete description of the rating system and all of the nomenclature surrounding the rating and identifying of various errors. This information alone makes this book worthy of purchase. There is other information here too, such as a simple, lucid and photographically enhanced description of the entire minting process that will definitely help you to get your head around the world of error coins. To be sure, this book is deeply flawed and on that basis should probably draw only three stars, but I've looked and there just isn't that much literature on error coins out there for the casual coin collector. So, if you want to fill out your knowledge of error coins but aren't a hardcore error hound, go ahead and get this book. You won't be sorry, I'm sure (possibly a little disappointed though).

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars For the serious error coin collector..., February 18, 2006

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A. M. (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Official Price Guide to Mint Errors, 6th Edition (Paperback)

If you are into error coins big time, this book is for you. The book has hundreds of different errors, saying how they were made and a general price. It is like a encyclepedia: many different general entries, not going to specific on any one type of error. If you are a begginner to numismatics I would not reccommend this. Instead you should go for something like the Redbook. However, if error coins are your expertise, this is a must buy.

5.0 out of 5 stars satisfied, June 9, 2010

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Samantha J. Clark - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Official Price Guide to Mint Errors, 6th Edition (Paperback)

Sorry it took so long to review..had problem with Amazon..they wouldn't let me leave feedback..think it is working now(:Thanks again.