The 2027 U.S. Red Book is here!

I'll always enjoy flipping through a physical book more than looking at a webpage. Call me old-fashioned if you must.

I got the 80th edition edition, or whatever it's called, that looks like the old red book (red with gold lettering) even if it is still the size of the 2026 book.

 

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That's the one I have! Place I bought it from was selling it for barely more than the standard edition, so I couldn't pass it up. It still doesn't fit with the older books... it's exactly the size of the 2026 book, but at least it looks the part. I don't know if that 500 copies is true, but well, happy with my purchase!

Oldest book I have is the 2nd edition (found it for $1 at Goodwill!) and would love to try to finish the collection some day. I'm far from complete though... I have 1948, 1963, 1972, 1976.... then every one from 2006-2027.

 

Mine arrived today.

 

Congratulations! I already finished reading mine, so you're a little behind lol. They have added for the first time ever coin roll prices, which was interesting.

 

That is interesting, especially since roll collecting peaked in the early 1960s. Seems like that would have been the time for the Red Book to cover them. I wonder if they believe roll collecting is coming back?

 

Roll speculation might be coming back. I never have viewed roll buying as real collecting. That is especially true if the value going away if you break open a mint sealed roll to look at the coins.

The silliest thing were those little bags of State Quarters which once sold for a fortune, like several hundred dollars. You could not look at the coins because if the bag was opened the value went away.

Were you a coin collector or a bag collector?

 

I wonder how they can put a value on rolls, since "unopened bank roll" is such a prevalent scam on ebay.

 

I noticed a number of changes.

 

I don't have the book, but I'd assume they meant the Mint-issued rolls. For many coins, you can buy a roll straight from the mint.

 

I think people will speculate on anything. Or nothing at all (hi, Bitcoin!)...