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Poll - Have you ever read the RedBook cover to cover

TopographicOceansTopographicOceans Posts: 6,535 ✭✭✭✭
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I have, but not the new MegaRed

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,893 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yes, but not in years, before they greatly expanded it. (Last time I read it cover to cover there were no color photos, for example.)



    Haven't gotten my hands on MegaRed yet, though since I just gave my 2016 edition to my young twin nephews, maybe it's time for that.



    Maybe that's what I'll ask ol' Santy Claws for, later.

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  • WingedLiberty1957WingedLiberty1957 Posts: 2,992 ✭✭✭✭✭
    when i was a kid I did ... 1967 or so

    i was fascinated by the commemorative half dollars (which i had never even heard of)
    and esp their super low mintages compared with all the other coins of the 20th century

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  • thebeavthebeav Posts: 3,923 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: WingedLiberty1957
    when i was a kid I did ... 1967 or so


    This....

    My fascination was Cal gold....
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  • oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 12,611 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yes, but it has been a while...back when it was much thinner...1970's
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  • TPRCTPRC Posts: 3,814 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yes, in 1997

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  • CommemKingCommemKing Posts: 2,202 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I usually stop at the modern commems.
  • 92cc fan92cc fan Posts: 11
    I have but the shorter, thinner version.
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  • LanLordLanLord Posts: 11,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yes, a couple times (that is if you will forgive the fact that I didn't actually read the pages that have copyright dates and that information). Otherwise, yes - all the way through.



    But not the megared, I use that one for weight lifting.

  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,621 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No, though it is researched cover to cover several dozen times per week. And there's always something new to learn, and ___ knows, it's impossible to memorize and there's a million things that ain't in it. I'm beginning to love the research more than the coins. image But , it's hard on the eyes. Reading, searching. Re-reading, researching.

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  • ProofArtworkonCircsProofArtworkonCircs Posts: 4,223 ✭
    yes, but a long time ago.
  • RockyMtnProspectorRockyMtnProspector Posts: 754 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yep, first Red Book in 1988.
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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,284 ✭✭✭✭✭
    no, but have thumbed thru it several times
  • joeykoinsjoeykoins Posts: 17,571 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: johnny9434
    no, but have thumbed thru it several times


    I think this reply speaks for the majority? Including myself.
    Read every page? wow! That's dedication!image

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  • goldengolden Posts: 9,996 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yes, back in 1962 when I got my first Red Book.
  • crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 14,071 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A very long time ago when I was a lad. I'm old as dirt now.
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  • gsa1fangsa1fan Posts: 5,566 ✭✭✭
    I bought my first in 2002. It looks like momas cook book now I use it for reference so much. The newer ones untouched/unread pretty much!
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  • WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 9,752 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Cumulatively, over all these years........YES.

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  • CameonutCameonut Posts: 7,384 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: thebeav

    Originally posted by: WingedLiberty1957

    when i was a kid I did ... 1967 or so





    This....



    My fascination was Cal gold....




    Me too - but a little earlier than 1967.



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  • seanqseanq Posts: 8,735 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: thebeav

    Originally posted by: WingedLiberty1957

    when i was a kid I did ... 1967 or so





    This....



    My fascination was Cal gold....




    This again. My favorites were the overdates in the large cents and early halves.



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  • mvs7mvs7 Posts: 1,662 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Not in one sitting... my first one was handed down from my dad - 9th edition, and I went through it in a matter of a week or so. I still have it and really wish I could get coins at those prices!
  • DollarAfterDollarDollarAfterDollar Posts: 3,215 ✭✭✭✭✭
    God no. It's a reference, not a novel.
    If you do what you always did, you get what you always got.
  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yes, as a 10 year old, I read and studied my 1977 edition until it literally fell apart.

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  • TommyTypeTommyType Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm sure I devoured it when I first bought a copy....



    But more fun than that was when I page-for-page compared a 1963 copy to a current copy (early 90's). The information had hardly changed at all, but the language had been updated extensively. I'm sure the 1963 text was probably mostly a holdover from the early days....late 40's, early 50's.



    We tend to think that language is static. But the old fashioned prose of the early days was dramatically different than "current" English.
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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yes...years ago....not in one sitting though.... did it in units, by coin type. I use the Mega Red for reference... no time to go through that page by page. Cheers, RickO
  • Insider2Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Not me, NEVER. The Redbook contains some great info and is possibly the first "coin book" most of us started with. However, I can think of no reason to read it cover to cover - even now.
  • joeykoinsjoeykoins Posts: 17,571 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: Insider2
    Not me, NEVER. The Redbook contains some great info and is possibly the first "coin book" most of us started with. However, I can think of no reason to read it cover to cover - even now.


    image To me, going through an entire redbook, would be like reading the entire dictionary.

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