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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Oldhoopster, post: 3002710, member: 84179&quot;]Red Book is the best for new collectors.&nbsp; Don&#039;t worry so much about the pricing guide part.&nbsp; It&#039;s out of date before it&#039;s published.&nbsp; However, you can get an idea of the relative rarity of diff dates based on how the prices compare.</p><p><br /></p><p>A couple of good things about the Red book.&nbsp; Lots of good historical info on coins even if in small bites.&nbsp; Lots of good data such as weights, sizes, compositions and mintages.&nbsp; A rudimentary grading criteria.&nbsp; Although it&#039;s only words, it is a good place to start learning about grading circulated coins (you can supplement it with info on the web)</p><p><br /></p><p>If you will use it more for data and info rather than pricing, I think getting a copy that is a year old is ideal, but make sure you get a sizable discount</p><p><br /></p><p>You may want to look at the Krause calatogs for World coin.&nbsp; They are huge, but If your not worried about absolute pricing try to pick up a copy that&#039;s a few years old for less than $10 .&nbsp; They have individual volumes for the 17th - 20th century (I would avoid the 21st Century volume)</p><p><br /></p><p>Hope this helps[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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