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The Official Price Guide to Mint Errors, 6th Edition (Paperback)

by Alan Herbert (Author)

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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

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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: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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

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

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).

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

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

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.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The best in the field, April 29, 2009

By	Michael C. Strub "Promethium" (Michigan, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Alan Herbert is one of the best in this field. He has decades of experience, has written a column for as long as I've been living, and has visited dozens of the world's mints in acquiring his intricately detailed knowledge of the minting process. His is as scientific an understanding of the error classifications as can be made.

Some are critical of his guide for not telling them the value of every error. Well, they are mistaken to expect high levels of pricing detail. Although certain errors are generic, like clipped planchets, most are unique. Pricing demands a level of expertise that cannot be encapsulated in a book. It is a multi-dimensional process that is a function of not just rarity and denomination and grade, but of series popularity and visual appeal which can only be judged by an expert; not to mention the large variety of ways in which sets of errors can be assembled, which drives the desirability of certain errors in unpredictable ways. Frankly, ranges of value are all that can be achieved. If you want straightforward pricing, error collecting is not for you.

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I didn't care for this book for a few reasons. First, this really isn't a price book. Sure it gives very general prices but nothing really pinned down. Read more

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