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Message:: [QUOTE="bhp3rd, post: 826673, member: 16510"]Grade B-, high C+, and here's why, 1.  When I got mine a couple of months ago I had not read or understood that some sections from the original would be left out, (coins before 1793 for instance).  That left me a little cold about it but many things about the book were very nice.  I know it would be a extra big book (it's big to begin with), with everthing the original had in but it leaves me needing 2 Red Books to have a general overview for new people and at shows for mintages etc. 2. The graded auction prices are only from NGC.  Well that's okay but it could have been at least the big three or at least PCGS and NGC or some average of the three, (or two).  I can't see why an avaerage would not have worked (for this bokk's purposes) just as well. 3. No lower grades for many series.  This is a big problem as most coin are, less than mint state. 4. The book does indeed show some die varieties but who choose these and why?  Many that should be included are left out, example why show a minor 1997-P doubled ear Lincoln and leave out the 1995-D DDO-003???Why show a close up of 1958-P DDO-001 that few if any are ever going to see and not a close up of the 1955 DDO that many will see and own.Why show pitiful photos of the obverse of a 22-D and No "D" without the strong rev. Then that poor looking 1934-P DDO, no new person is even going to see that faint image below the date.It would have been easy enough to set aside a full page or two for the die varieties of each series with larger photos and not use the tops of headings or middle of pages for such. That's why I lean towards a C+ grade because this first edition begs for a more complete version down the road.[/QUOTE]

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