Throw Back Thursday - Post Yours

Does anyone collect old Coin price guides ? I have a book from 1970 !! The 1955 Doubled Die penny was worth $145 then .
Post your old coin book with an old price for a well known Popular coin Please .

 

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1960 Handbook of US Coins, 17th Edition (Blue Book) by R.S. Yeoman

1955 Lincoln DDO, Not listed

1916D Winged Liberty, Fine, $40

1937D 3-Legged, Fine, $5.50

1889CC $, Unc, $30

1893S $, Unc, $7.50

Maybe Frank aka @Treashunt will chime in. He collects the Red Books and probably has the very first issue.

 

My oldest is also the 1970 Yeoman Blue Book as @SensibleSal66 shows above.
But, I also have the 1964 Whitman "A guide to the grading of United States Coins".

 

I have a 1968 Black Book of United States Coins, and some Red Books going back to 1962, 15th edition. I usually peruse book stores and second hand stores looking for older Red Books. The older ones are worth a nice chuck of change.

Prices from 1962: 1955 DDO $95.00 Unc.

1864 Small Motto 2¢ $145.00 Unc.

1909S Indian Cent $45.00 in Good.

 

Wow $145 for the 2 piece ! I actually found one while Metal Detecting .

 

Here is the 13th edition of the Red Book that my uncle gave me for Christmas, 1959. This and the two Whitman cent folders got me started as a collector.



This was the first year that the 1955 Doubled Die Obverse Cent was listed in the Red Book. The prices were $30 for EF and $50 for Unc. Getting listed in the Red Book was the best way to get a variety on the map, and that listing got the 1955 DDO going.

The most valuable coin in my collection, a 1796 No Stars Quarter Eagle, listed for $575 in Fine and $1,150 in Unc. I had to pay a little more than than that.

The highest auction price for the 1804 "Original" Silver Dollar was $10,500.

Here is the first edition of the Red Book, which is dated 1947 but was published in 1946. All Red Books are dated that way.



For whatever reason, there was a column for my 1796 Quarter Eagle in Unc., but no price listed.

Common date $3 gold pieces were priced at $22.50 in Unc. A 1793 Chain Cent was $125 in Fine. The top price for the 1804 dollar was still $10,500, so that auction price was the record for quite a while. The Type 2 or "restrike 1804 dollars listed for $2,850.

I might add that until 1971 or so, the Red Book had a lot of influence on market prices. That changed during the first big coin boom that happened when I was a collector in the early 1970s. Dealers started offering 100% of the Red Book price to buy coins in certain series. After that the Red Book became less important as a price guide.

 

Red Book, Mega Red, Cash in your Coins, Coin World Almanac, US Error Coin Guide, etcetera. And of course, CT. Not very far back but works for me SS. Great post, thank you Sal. Be safe

 

Here's a 1964 Red Book. It's got a little story itself. It was owned by Neil Armstrong...







A 1794 Flowing Hair dollar had the following valuations:
Fair - $600
Good - $1,000
V.G. - $1,500
F - $2,500
VF - $5,000
Unc - $12,500

 

Definitely a Small Motto with very high grade details

 

I have a 1947 and 1979. Neither one works for me. But I try

 

1947 red book doesn’t even mention the 3 leg buffalo nickel. 1916d. 65.00 unc. Yikes. Big money

 

You mean to tell me I got the first one?

 

Here are the prices that Farran Zerbe was paying for coins at the 1904 worlds fair in St Louis. It is one of my top 10 holding. Was super excited to buy it and learn more about it.

Note that the ‘09-S, vdb cent, 1913 V nickel and 1916D Merc weren’t even produced yet.

H-61-340 if anyone wants to look into it.

Thanks.

 

How big is that thing?

 

50mm so almost exactly 2”.

1794 half dollar for $3 bucks. That’s like a 40% Kennedy today.....

 

The only red book I own:

 

1793 Chain AMERI $450 Fine

 

beautiful gilt on that one, which printing?

 

Holy crap. If you can read all that’s on that coin, it must be MS71