Old coin books, any value?

hockeyman1717

I saw this and i just didnt know anything about coin older coin books, is something like this worth anything, or just junk?

Here is an example: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2218862271&category=530

abuell

Old coin books can be worth from $0 to thousands. The blue books in the auction aren't worth the shipping.

Shamika

Although they have little cash value, they can be fun to look through.

route66

Blue books and redbooks from the 60's thru the 80's are worth basically nothing. The early ones are worth a bit depending on condition. Books from the very late 90's thru 2002 are hard to find if you are trying to update your collection. Not on ebay, anyway. But even when you find them there, they go pretty cheap. Some of the years have 3 varieties of red book. Spiril, soft cover and hard cover. There are a lot of scarcer books out there tho. Steve

razorface1027

The old red R.S. Yeoman books are said to be worth something.

richbeat

The older red books do have some value, from very good to very fine to new. Especially special editions. Rough values can be found on pages 344-345 of the 2004 red book.

wjd283

They're invaluable if you need to know what coins were worth back in the mid-sixties.

sinin1

as you learn more and more - the older books have some information that the newer books do not have

the newer books have better pictures


get some old stuff to see what areas have moved and what have stayed the same

LAWMAN

No real value in Redbooks or Bluebooks until you get back to the first couple of years of Redbooks, then they have to be in brand spankin new condition and they are a few hundred bucks -- you can find them for sale at big shows. There is a wealth of really old coin and numismatic literature and books, 19th century stuff, available for very cheap prices and I think there are some real steals out there. Check somebody like Kolbe as to the really elite stuff tho.