Great News: 2nd Edition of Bower's Red Book on Double Eagles Out Mid-February
GoldFinger1969
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Whitman is finally putting out a 2nd Edition of the 2004 1st Edition. 312 pages vs. 288....new intro by John Dannreuther....available mid-February.
It will be great to have an updated 2nd Edition with new population, pricing, and scarcity data and comments, even if they are still off a bit compared to the latest internet data. I think it's great to have 1 book cover both types of Double Eagles, Liberty Heads and Saint-Gaudens. As someone who just made their first purchase of a Liberty Head DE at FUN 2026, I wouldn't have minded having the book's key points on a few coins I was looking at.
I suspect there may be new story chapters in-between yearly/mint mark reviews of coins, and maybe a few 1-line additions/updates.
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Book is now up on the Whitman site....should be out end of April, you can pre-order:
https://whitman.com/red-book-series-2-double-eagle-gold-coins-2nd-edition/?srsltid=AfmBOorpyuOr_VFeU4ywDEi4cR-CcdcClWsL_zxRBSXmiw_V77kaO19Q
BOWERS ‘ - not Bower’s. Dave’s last name is Bowers, not Bower.
Grammar School level punctuation taught.
Website now says that May 5th is the expected release date...so the exact release date is in flux, but it should be very soon.
You can pre-order the Double Eagle book right now.