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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cpm9ball, post: 3647483, member: 24633&quot;]Actually, I prefer books over websites. I like Alan Herbert&#039;s<b> &quot;Official Price Guide to Mint Errors&quot;</b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]979599[/ATTACH] </b></p><p>It&#039;s really not so much a price guide, but it is loaded with pictures and explanations of how the errors are caused. I bought this book before I even started looking for errors. It also helps you to learn the<u> correct terminology</u>.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Cherrypickers Guide is<b> just an okay resource</b> for varieties. It&#039;s a bit pricy because it is divided into two volumes, but its biggest drawback is that it doesn&#039;t list all known varieties. If it did, you would need a wheelbarrow to carry it around.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since a coin, normal or error, is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it, your best bet for<b> guesstimating</b> value is to check the completed listings on eBay.</p><p><br /></p><p>Like all numismatic collectibles, condition is the single-most important aspect to consider. You may have found a scarce DDO, but if it has a serious case of &quot;road rash&quot; its not worth much more than an interesting conversation piece. So, the next book you might want to consider is one on grading, and I use the ANA Grading Standards.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]979605[/ATTACH]</p><p>Finally, almost everyone will tell you that one of your first purchases should be the Red Book. It is an annual publication by Whitman Books, although you don&#039;t have to buy one every year. It lists every coin that has ever been used or made in the US since colonial times. I don&#039;t recommend using their price guide, but it is an invaluable resource that every beginning collector should have.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]979610[/ATTACH] I believe that the 2020 edition is already out. Personally, I prefer the spiral-bound edition for $19.95 because the spiral binding is covered, preventing it from getting snagged on something. I don&#039;t really care for the &quot;Mega Red&quot; because it is so thick that you can&#039;t hold the book open to a certain page, examine a coin with a loupe and work on your computer at the same time.</p><p><br /></p><p>FWIW, there will be others, here, who will tell you that most of this stuff (with the exception of the Red Book) can be found on various websites. That&#039;s true, but I have all of this info on my desk right next to me, and I don&#039;t have to jump all over the internet to find it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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