Opinions on Numismatic News (Price/Value)

I received an offer to take 26 issues (6 months) of Numismatic News for $14, with a bonus of two Washington State Quarters as part of this particular offer.

Was wondering whether anyone had any opinions as to whether the price/value tradeoff was reasonable at that level. $14 for 26 issues seems OK, and that's less then I spend when I take one of the kids to IHOP...
but I thought I'd ask.

 

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I think it's the best deal for any weekly Numismatic publication.

I still like Coin World more.

 

Sounds like a good deal to me.

 

even without the 'free' coins, i would follow Dougs advice $25 for a year is the best!!!!

 

Hello,

I believe $14 is a bit too much for a publication that is mostly advetisements.
There are a few interesting articles, each week, but most of it can be found online, for the price of your internet subscribtion.

I just renewed my subscribtion, because I'm away from my computer so much, and I like to see what some of my favorite coin dealers have to offer.

Good luck!

 

Are you referring to here; www.numismaticnews.net/ideas/default.aspx ?

Aidan.

 

Numismatic news has much better articles than Coin World, better written, researched, etc.
:thumb:

 

ummm .. NO!! not even close ... but feel free to try again

 

Why do you keep putting up the wrong and phishing links?

Ruben

 

http://www.speedymags.com/detail.jsp?affid=google&id=7454&gclid=CIzC3cv5iowCFSQsFQodzChyBQ

 

Ruben,that's not a phishing link.That is actually a link to Tom Michael's numismatic blog,which has 'Numismatic News' advertised on there.

Aidan.

 

I would recommend not subscribing. Although there are a lot of ads, I don't have a problem with this. Most of the articles are verbatim repetitions of press releases (which I already know about from CoinTalk by the time I received the magazine), and there are very few in-depth articles about coins. Don't bother IMO

 

I sent an Emial to Dave a week or so ago .. he posted it in the letters to the editor ... i was complaining but he sent me a reply that he agreed, so.....

 

i agree. does anyone here ever renew their subscriptions at a mag renew site? i do and many times they have great prices.

grizz

 

i dont, i usually wait unitl NN sends me a renwal notice .. when they do thst is usually when they offetr the best prices ... also i dont use the initial renewal notice.. i usally wait unti the 2nd.. possibly third

 

Thanks all.

I will probably seek out the year for $25 offer at some point since that would be a better deal. I had the 6 months for $14 offer mailed to me and I already knew from non-coin mags that offers ranged all over the board. The Washington State Quarters didn't add a whole lot of value for me since only one goes in the "map" board that we're working on.

 

I think I should pick up a couple and read through them, I've been less than happy with coin world as of late.

 

What about a subscription to Token Publishing's 'Coin News'? You can find some details here; www.tokenpublishing.com .

Aidan.