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The most out of date coin book you have seen?
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Excluding changes in the value of coins and grading standards since those are a given anyway.
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The reason being that there has been a planned new addition for several years now and still nothing has come of it.
So, I guess it's not really out-of-date, it's just been a while since it was last published.
The reason being that there has been a planned new addition for several years now and still nothing has come of it.
So, I guess it's not really out-of-date, it's just been a while since it was last published."
Be patient, my friend. There is not just one, but actually two comprehensive reference books in the works on Bust quarters, one of which is shortly to go to the printers according to the author. I have seen the drafts of both, and they are both great. It is just too bad that the respective authors were not able to get together on this and produce just one comprehensive book, instead of two. Arguably it could have occurred quicker. Now students of the series will want to purchase both books in order to be 'complete' on the series.
Actually, there will be a third book on Bust quarters released in the near future. It is a compilation of quality photographs of condition census examples of each Browning variety. Start saving up your library budgets and create some shelf space for these three new additions.
I can confirm that each one will be an important contribution to the knowledge about the early federal quarter series, which is long overdue.
I've got my great grandfather's 1954 Whitman bluebook (8th ed.) here. Does that count?
Let's see:
1856 FE cent: VG $20 / Fine $45 / Unc $90 / Proof $110
90-S VDB VG $4.50 / VF $6.50
1792 half dime Good $10 / Fine $20
1912-S V Nickel Good $.60 / Fine $1.25
1844 dime Good $1.50 / Fine $3.00
1894-S Barber dime Good $100 / Fine $250 (do these even exist in these grades?)
16-D merc Good $1.50 / Fine $3.50
1876-CC 20c Good $25 / Fine $100 (see comment w/ 94-S Barber dime)
1796 Quarter Good $12.50 / Fine $27.50
1873-CC Quarter Good $10 / Fine $40
1901-S Quarter Good $8 / Fine $25
1916 SLQ Good $7.50 / Fine $20
32-D Washie VG $.45 / VF $1.50
1796 small eagle half dollars Good $62.50 / Fine $112.50
1836 Reeded edge VG $6 / VF $9
Here's one you have to love: 1897-O Barber half, VF $1.00 !!!!
Lafayette $1 Unc $7.50
Gobrecht dollars -- proofs of various varieties, none more expensive than $225
1885 Trade dollar, proof $600
1796 no stars quarter eagle Fine $75
1848 CAL VF $50
1875 $3 gold XF $300
Stellas, 4 varieties peaking at $650
And so on. Breathtaking, ain't it?
(c) 1876
public domain due to copyright expiration, available as free PDF download from Google Books
A fun book to read for a 130 year old perspective.
Recipient of the coveted "You Suck" award, April 2009 for cherrypicking a 1833 CBHD LM-5, and April 2022 for a 1835 LM-12, and again in Aug 2012 for picking off a 1952 FS-902.
Sean Reynolds
"Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
My friend, the late John Bergman, had a copy of the first numismatic book by Venetian (Italy) Guillielmus Budaeus titled "Libri V. De Asse, & Partib. Eius." It was printed on vellum.
It was originally published in 1514 at the Aldine Press (Aldus Manutius owner) in Venice. This was one of the earliest works to be printed in Italic type, and has long been considered to be the first numismatic book. It dealt with the Ancient Greek and Roman coinage.