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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 185049, member: 112&quot;]In the Red Book it states - </p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Coin values shown in this book are retail prices figured from data supplied by the listed contributors approximately 2 months prior to publication.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Now depending on what edition that wording varies slightly, but it&#039;s always basically the same. And as with any price guide, they tend to list only the highest asking prices. As I have said before, they do this on purpose. Listing high values stimulates activity in the coin market because it makes people thin that their coins are worth more than they actually are. That causes more people to enter the hobby, causes existing collectors to be more agressive in their buying and their selling. And that&#039;s how these people, ( coin dealers and the publishers of the guides )&nbsp; make their living - by buying and selling coins and price guides. So it is their best interest to publish the highest prices they can.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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