35 YEARS AGO

MORGANHUNTER2

I picked up a few books a couple of weeks ago just for amusement. A 1970 handbook of U.S. Coins with premium List- 27th ed. by R.S.Yeoman, a 1986 Redbook also by Mr. Yeoman, and of course the new 05 redbook.

Since I do own one of the vast coins in the book I wanted to see just what my now ms63 1882 carson went for in 70, then 86 and of course today. care to guess what the increase in value has been over the last 35 years?

Without looking at any books folks- give it your best shot. Guess what the value was for each year.
There is no prize if you are correct- just visualize what it was like before the 'HOARD' was cut loose.

MORGANHUNTER2

come on smart guys - take a shot

TomB

Did the 1970 Red Book use the MS system or did they simply use shorthand descriptives such as BU, CH BU, etc? Aside from that, I believe the grading standards have changed somewhat over the years so that what we might now consider a CH BU (~MS63) might not have been graded the same.

MORGANHUNTER2

In 70 it was v-Fine ex. fine and Unc., this is a blue book - I don't know if there is a major difference between the 2- but it is somewhat descriptive for the grading purpose.

Conder101

Big diffence between the redbook and the bluebook. Redbook is dealer full retail, the bluebook is dealer wholesale buying price from the public.

DHeath

My guess, grading difference aside, is $30, and $150.