Is the 2017 Mega Red Book worth it?

Get it wherever it is cheapest. Book stores are not restaurants or tailors. I don't care about service when getting a book or if a bookstore owner is personable or not.

If the price of something is not negotiable, go wherever you can pay the least.

 

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I purchase the Mega every other year and give the old one to a YM or an interested adult. I like them, fairly comprehensive and gives my arms a work out.

 

Newb who didn’t even suspect the Mega existed. It’s like there’s a huge planet out beyond Mars and nobody told me! Thanks for this thread.

Sounds like what the Charleton books do for Canadian coins. Now to go in search of...

 

I'll revise

I'll revise this statement. Get the mega red for whatever series you're most interested in. If you're interested in everything, get them all. If you're mainly into large cents just get the first edition. The 4th edition features dimes so it goes in to further details on the entire history of the dime. I'm not exclusively into dimes but I am a fan of dimes so I got this one.

 

$19.99 with free shipping @ Barnes and Noble. Amazon 2018 at 22.99

 

HI. You can get the First Edition and the 2017 edition used at a flea market for about $10. I have seen them for $15 and then bargain down to $10. I have over $4,000 invested in old and new coin reference books on, counterfeit and altered coins, proof coins, Pattern coins, error and variety books, silver dollar books, VAM books, Cherry Picker guides and Big Red. Have they paid for themselves? You bet. I have cherry picked a pattern F seated quarter ($20), 1865 Doubled die reverse Indian cent VG ($5), MS 61 VAM 1878 44A Morgan ($50), 1891 Indian cent double struck in collar VG ($2), 1942/41-D dime F 15 ($2), lots of 1943/2 nickels, 3 1935 Double Die reverse Buffalo nickels, and too many more to list. All because I read and study the BOOKS. Oh, and I recently got a So-Called Dollar Wells Fargo at a flea market for $10. Vendor didn't know what it was. But I read the Big Red. Yes, buy the 2017 if you have the opportunity to. I always say, Buy the Book before you Buy the Coin. Happy New Year and Coin collecting.

 

@Bob Evancho, You’ve demonstrated both the math and the enthusiasm of a true collector. We who are about to follow (only spent a few hundred on books, so far), salute you.

I found a reasonably priced 2017 copy and ordered it.

I don’t know what a So-Called Dollar is but, if it’s from Wells Fargo bank, I’d be skeptical .

 

For clarification, I assume the next edition will not have the expanded small cents portion that this year had?

 

Each year, the new Mega Red focuses on a new area. The first edition covered half cents and large cents. Volume 2 had small cents, volume 3 had nickels and half dimes, this 4th edition had dimes.

 

Brilliant idea to try to remain relevant. I think I might purchase these down the road.

 

Also a hell of a reason to get people to buy one every year. It’s a pretty comprehensive encyclopedia when they finish, but at $50 per volume and with all of the redundant information, it’s not a minor undertaking, and therefore not for everyone