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The single most disturbing thing in Numismatics . . .

ColonialCoinUnionColonialCoinUnion Posts: 10,087 ✭✭✭
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. . . has got to be the prices in the Bluebook.
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  • markglickermarkglicker Posts: 1,486 ✭
    Amen.
  • ManMan Posts: 1,002
    Yes stay away from that book.
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  • ManMan Posts: 1,002
    I've bought over twenty coin books in the last few years but I never convinced myself to buy a blue book.
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  • fcfc Posts: 12,793 ✭✭✭
    to a collector who has no idea what the bluebook contains, can you give an example of why it sucks so badly?

  • coinguy1coinguy1 Posts: 13,484 ✭✭✭


    << <i>The single most disturbing thing in Numismatics . . .has got to be the prices in the Bluebook >>

    If THAT is THE most disturbing thing in our hobby, we're far better off than I've been aware of - quit looking.image
  • tanner520tanner520 Posts: 145


    << <i>to a collector who has no idea what the bluebook contains, can you give an example of why it sucks so badly? >>



    Yes, I too would like to know....
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  • seanqseanq Posts: 8,735 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I was going to nominate Marty's icon.


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  • questor54questor54 Posts: 1,351 ✭


    << <i>I was going to nominate Marty's icon.


    Sean Reynolds >>



    ABSOLUTELY!
  • ColonialCoinUnionColonialCoinUnion Posts: 10,087 ✭✭✭
    The Redbook lists retail prices, the Bluebook is the same thing but with "average dealer wholesale prices" that are so unbelievably low that you'd want to punch both the author AND the first coin dealer you could get your hands on.
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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,897 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The CDN Blue Sheets come fairly close.

    Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
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  • dthigpendthigpen Posts: 3,932 ✭✭
    Why the heck are you using a Kelly Bluebook to price your coins? That's for cars you dummy!
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  • MikeInFLMikeInFL Posts: 10,188 ✭✭✭✭
    ...is people without integrety...Mike
    Collector of Large Cents, US Type, and modern pocket change.
  • keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • majorbigtimemajorbigtime Posts: 2,937 ✭
    When I was a youngster (many years ago), my Dad put a "we buy rare coins" sign in his store, and the Bluebook was THE guide for buyiig.
  • majorbigtimemajorbigtime Posts: 2,937 ✭
    I have a 1st edition Bluebook--1942.

    It was around long before the Red book.
  • curlycurly Posts: 2,880 ✭
    ......is the opinions of the grades on some of this stuff.
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  • FullStrikeFullStrike Posts: 4,353 ✭✭✭
    And here I thought the most disturbing thing was my PCGS graded 2003 Platinum MS69 - 1 oz $100 Coin with the scratches and scuff marks on the sun, on the reverse.

    I keep telling myself, if THAT is an MS69, then all my other MS69 Coins, of all types, should easily upgrade to MS70. Maybe even any MS67 and better Coins.image
  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I was going to nominate Marty's icon.


    Sean Reynolds >>




    image
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

  • fivecentsfivecents Posts: 11,207 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>The single most disturbing thing in Numismatics . . . >>

    .....OVER GRADING.image
  • BarndogBarndog Posts: 20,516 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think the most disturbing thing is comparing face value of one's collection to numismatic value, regardless of what color price guide is used. A collector with a thousand 5-cent pieces has fifty bucks face value for what is likely a six-figure numismatic value collection. Just one of the things I think about along with where does the universe end, and if it doesn't, how can that be?
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