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Are red book coin prices accurate?
The consensus is that the Red Book Offers more value to collectors for it’s historical information, even if the pricing is not 100% accurate. Unless you are selling coins more than buying, I would recommend the Red Book.
What is the difference between the red coin book and the blue coin book?
So what’s the BIGGEST difference? The Red Book contains retail coin prices – what you can expect to pay when buying from a dealer. The Blue Book contains wholesale coin prices – the price you might expect to get when selling to a dealer.
How do I find the value of old US coins?
Multiply the weight of the coin by the percentage “fineness” of the coin (the percentage of the coin that is gold or silver). This will establish how much of the precious metal you have to sell. Multiply the result of the first calculation by the current price of the precious metal in the coin.
How to look up coin values?
Five rarest coins – do you have one?
What is the Red Book of US coins?
The Red Book lists the retail price of all United States coins from colonial issues to modern circulating U.S. coins, including each year of issue, mint marks, and significant design variations.
What are the best coin collecting books?
The Red Book.
What coins are in the US?
Common Coins. Worth 1 cent. A penny is a copper-plated zinc coin. It has Abraham Lincoln on one side and the Lincoln Memorial on the other.