A Guide Book of United States Coins 2006: The Official Red Book (Guide Book of United States Coins (Spiral)) (Spiral-bound)

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

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 414 pages
• Publisher: Whitman Publishing; 59th edition (July 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0794819486
• ISBN-13: 978-0794819484
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #493,057 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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37 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great reference to US coins!, October 17, 2005

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

If you are like many coin collectors, you probably have many editions of the Redbook. You may be asking, should i buy this years edition? I would say YES! If you just got into the hobby of coin collecting, then it is a definite buy! No questions asked!
They have made the price guide much more accurate this year. A good feature of the book is they show the mintages for the coins. The book is truly a guide. They have information about coin hoards, famous collectors, and famous ship wrecks. They have information about error coins and how they are made. They have an article about "waffle coins". They have the recent silver and gold american eagle pricing. They have many short articles. It is much better than the 2005 edition.
With each series they have information about how to grade these coins. They also have tons of full color pictures and close up photos of rare varities. If you have a collection you know nothing about i would reccomend reading this. In fact i would say all collectors should have a copy of the Redbook...who know all you will learn from this book.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good book to have for collecting American coins, December 21, 2005

By	A. Burchfield (Conway, Missouri USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This review is from: A Guide Book of United States Coins 2006: The Official Red Book (Guide Book of United States Coins) (Hardcover)

A couple of coin collecting relatives of mine have had these books in years past,and I've always found them interesting. I decided to get my father a new one for Christmas because his last one is dated 1990.
There's a lot of information on all varieties of coins from the colonial period right on up to collectibles from 2005 (even the guides themselves are collectibles now, and listed in back). It isn't hard to read and understand most of the information presented (I'm not sure how to interpret some of the mintage numbers), different colors for each grade/price column as well as color shots of some coins might help a person too.
I didn't know that the price of gold coins was tied to the gold market, that shows that a collector shouldn't rely on just an old Red Guide, they need the latest one. Some gold coin prices have actually gone down since the 1990 edition, that surprised me.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great edition!, September 7, 2005

By	J. Croucher (Osage City, Kansas USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: A Guide Book of United States Coins 2006: The Official Red Book (Guide Book of United States Coins) (Hardcover)

Wonderful edition of the Red Book...I love the addition of so much color, and the added history is fascinating.

This isn't really a forum, but I can answer the question from the fellow below me. The Red Book is more of just a guide..something to provide the basic sketch of the world of coin collecting right now. Quite frankly, the reason it doesn't include the prices of older coins in high grades is because, well, those values are ever-changing, much more so than the lower grade coins. Additionally, so few examples of 1891 Seated Liberty quarters in MS-69 exist that it would be ridiculous to include it's value. That goes for every single coin, all of them in all of the small point grades...be it EF-47 or MS-61...it would just be silly to publish all of those values.

With that side, excellent book.