Please help me identify these books???

kryptonitecomics

I was given these books about 5 years ago by my step mother, and I think they are extremely interesting. Inside is a list of prices this dealer would pay for coins and I have two identical books, one for US Coins and one for Foreign coins. The only clue for me is that they are copyrighted 1948 by Hewitt Bros. and as you can see they are in Near Mint Condition.






Some of the prices they would pay for key date coins were as follows:

Copper
1793 Chain Cent $20.00
1856 Flying Eagle Cent $80.00
1877 IHC $6.00
1909 S IHC $4.00
1909 S VDB Lincoln $10.00
1914 D Lincoln $10.00

Nickels
1885 Liberty Nickel $2.50
1886 Liberty Nickel $.75
1913 S Type 2 Buffalo $1.00

Dimes
1894 S Barber Dime $250
1901 S Barber Dime $.75
1903 S Barber Dime $.35
1916 D Merc Dime $2.50
1921 Merc Dime $.35
1921 D Merc Dime $.25

Quarters

1827 Bust $150
1901 S Barber $25
1916 SLQ $10.00
1932 D Wash. $.35
1932 S Wash. $.30

Halves
1796 Bust $75
1797 Bust $50
1838 O $300.00
1853 No Arrows or Rays $50
1878 S Seated $50
50 cents would have bought you every date and mintmark from 1916 on except for the 1917 S WL, which was $1.00

Dollars
1794 $125
1804 $500 to $5000 depending on condition
1870 S $400
1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893 CC mint marked Morgans for the bargain price of $1.00 each
1893 $1.00
1894 $1.00
1895 $25
1895 O or S $1.00
Trade dollars could have been had for $1.50 to 5.00 except for the 1884 Proof $200.00 and the 1885 proof $400.00.


All in all I would say that most of us were born too late to see buy prices like these, but oh what a world it would be for us collectors.

If anyone wants to know specific prices for dates and denominations not mentioned, please PM me. Thanks

FC57Coins

Its amazing how prices have skyrocketed - oh well - it's always interesting to see what could've been.

Frank

DoubleDime

I think this was the work of Lee F. Hewitt, a long time publisher. Hes best known for his "Numismatic Scrapbook" (1930s - 1960s ?). This would be an early value guide before the "Red Book". Wayte Raymond also did a guide book at that time as well.

littlewicher

Wow, that 1894 S dime would've been the greatest investment there.

Conder101

These were simply lee Hewitt's buying prices book that he sold to the general public with the hope of buying coins from them at lower prices than he would have to pay knowledgeable collectors. Other dealers did the same thing. Max Mehl's Star Rare Coin Book is the most famous example of these.

its4real

they did that? Publish whole books in an attempt to decieve the public?