A Guide Book of United States Coins

JTMac

is the "A Guide Book of United States Coins" by Yeoman considered the "red book"

Just curious. Never seen one and someone, anonomously dropped a box ('64,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,79,81,82 's) off on my desk at work.

Are these worth keeping?

ricko

It is the Redbook, and worth keeping if you collect old Redbooks. Cheers, RickO

shorecoll

Those years are likely worth $1 or so each, depending on condition, but that's a good start on a set. The early ones and the special editions will cost a bit more.

BillJones

I have a complete set by year, but I don't bother with the special editions and varieties.

For estate purposes the prices in these books have been acceptable to the IRS for estimates of prices paid in situations where the owner maintained no or incomplete records. The books from the first edition though the 1970s are good for retail price tracking. After that the book becomes less relevant.