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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 57243, member: 669&quot;]Hi there dog.&nbsp; Welcome to the forum.For U.S. coins, go to just about any coin store, book store, or hobby store and pick up the inexpensive Guide Book of United States Coins, aka the Red Book.&nbsp; Your nearest public library probably has one too. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Warning</b>:&nbsp; Use the Red Book strictly as a ballpark guide, to separate the valuable and worthless from the rest.&nbsp; The closest thing to a reliable price guide is Coin Dealer News, a weekly publication that&#039;s pretty pricey if you aren&#039;t in the retail coin business.</p><p><br /></p><p>For world coins the Standard Catalog of World Coins (usually referred to as &quot;Krause&quot;), in four telephone book-sized volumes covering 1601-present, is the most commonly used reference.&nbsp; The 20th/21st Century volume is published annually, the others at 3-4 year intervals.&nbsp; Most libraries have at least the modern volume, although not always the most current one.&nbsp; It&#039;s even less authoritative than the Red Book, and the only reliable way to price world coins is by analysis of completed auctions.&nbsp; Dealer ads in major coin publications are another method, but frequently confusing.&nbsp; I&#039;ve seen high grade unclrculated 1964 Japanese ¥1,000 Tokyo Olympics commems (Krause &quot;value&quot; $50) advertised in the same publication at prices from $20-75. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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