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Message:: [QUOTE="Treashunt, post: 198681, member: 6763"]Although the prices in the Guide Book are dated, since it takes months to come out, the info in the different coin types is invaluable.  Examples: 1) Mintages for each date & mint: this info is not easily available elsewhere, it is what got me started on collecting seated dimes, look at the low mintages and their related prices, they seem way underpriced; the same with many Seated quarters.2) coin types, the short history of the design and designer is great reading, kinda like reading a whole bunch of short stories.3) the info on the metallic content, plus weights. enabled me to identify a coin as struck on a foreign planchet.4) Hawaiian money, with the info in the back of my head, I bought a Hawaiian quarter, slabbed ANACS in XF-40 for $20,  even red book value at the time = $100.5) collect the different years, a study of the change in prices for various types is fascinating, it gives a long range study of the history of any coin's change in value.6) collect the Guide Books from the beginning (1947) and you will see a great history of the hobby as it developed, from just listing uncs to the multigrades of uncs.  Also, the addition and acceptance of different varieties as they are discovered and accepted as an essential part of the hobby.7) There are two parts, in the early years yeoman had a commentary on teh hobby each year in his intro, a snapshot of the hobby at the time.     Today, there are excellent essays on different aspects of the hobby, from treasure coins, to errors, and other subjects such as auction results. each essay is unique to the Guide Book and not available elsewhere.  So, if this dosen't convince you, then I give up.   Anyway, have fun.[/QUOTE]

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