Odd errors in the new 2022 Red Book?
ernie11
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I've been looking over the 2022 Red Book today and seeing 2 or 3 odd things:
Two Cent pieces: prices got shifted down in the dates between 1870 thru 1873 so that now the scarce 1872 seems to have the more common 1871's prices - anyone want to buy an 1872 in MS63 BN for a mere $325? I know I would!
Mercury Dimes: prices have gotten switched around so that it now appears that the 1931 dime has been assigned the prices of the 1931-D and therefore the Philadelphia dime looks more valuable in lower grades than the Denver dime. When was that ever the case?
Maybe not an error, just a big price hike - most all of the Standing Liberty Quarter values remained static over last year's values, except the 1920-D took a big leap in lower grades: G-4, from $50 to $85, VG-8 from $60 to $115, F-12 from $60 to $150, VF-20 from $120 to $175. Not sure what happened in the past year to justify such a leap for just one SLQ.
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I plan on buying one but not for a while yet. I hope they correct those errors before I get it.
I went to the Whitman Publishing website and e-mailed them, asking them to forward the issues about Mercury Dimes and Two Cent pieces to the authors.
Well that's not good, let us know what else develops, cause I've got my highlighter ready! Peace Roy
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The pricing is the least important aspect of the book. The relative prices can be useful, but the absolute numbers are only averages and months old. The history, listings of major varieties and mintages are the most important. No other source provides as much in one fairly small space.
Great book!
Is there a Mega Red due out this year? I think I will get that one...Cheers, RickO
There are hundreds of coins I would buy at redbook levels well before dipping down to the 2 centers. Bill Jones nailed it that the book is more an Encyclopedia than a price guide and pricing levels are meant more to illustrate spreads and demand and price jumps for an aggregate of raw/graded/auction/retail prices. Always has been too, I remember walking into a coin store with my redbook asking for flowing hair type to buy for X in the early 90s and the dealer shot back instantly “he would too”
11.5$ Southern Dollars, The little “Big Easy” set
I checked, no news yet
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@Treashunt .... I checked also, and it is coming out in June.... I pre-ordered a copy today. Cheers, RickO
I noticed they've been stuck at 462 pages for a few years now. For many years the old Red Books were stuck at 256 pages. More and more info was jammed in those 256 pages every year. They just refused to add additional pages until the 80s(?). I hope they don't get stuck too long on 462.
You're not the only one! Page 192.
They duped the mintage for the 2019 D RoNR into the 2019S proofs
Things were shifted down
What happened to our Whitman man? Haven’t seen him on in a while
1982 S Lincoln penny says the small date is a proof penny. Not true the 1982 S was only made with a large date.