Just saying

I won't deny that a new copy is expensive, but you can find used copies for much less.
The Official Price Guide to Mint Errors, 6th Edition: Herbert, Alan: 9780609808559: Amazon.com: Books

 

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Used copy on eBay within last 10 years would get you in the game
Will give a general idea of retail prices anyway
You’ll soon know values. Until then, just ask here

 

I was showing my wife a picture of one of the Silver Krugerrands just recently struck and she asked me what animal it was on the coin. I told her it was a Reebok antelope. She said she only thought it was the name for a shoe. See, you can learn something from numismatics that doesn't even pertain to coins.

 

Kelly, the Red Book is the kid with all the candy (in a manner of speaking, lol); that is to say, it's the one most of us start with. It will get you familiar with the basics of grading in all the series of U.S. coin, and it's a good resource to assess relative value among the coins (i.e., which are basically worth more, referred to as the "keys," and generally how much more). You'll see, you'll get a lot of use out of it. After all these years, it's still as good a quick reference as there is.

Here's a link for when you want to see how the auctions are running. Just enter a shorthand description of the coin: https://coins.ha.com/us-coins/.

Good luck! Before you know it, you'll be just like us, addicted. And then, you're in it for life, and there's no turning back.

 

Don't worry about asking questions. That's how you learn and I've never noticed any members complaining about valid questions. Besides, I often learn from other questions!

 

Thank you for this!

 

Thank you. I appreciate that!

 

Hahahaha. I love it!

 

Thanks so much. I think I already am addicted! Ha! The book should get here by Tuesday. I'm very excited!

 

Hahahaha! Yep!

 

Someone on another forum a long time ago advised me to "buy the book before you buy the coin(s)". As my collecting interests have expanded over the decades, so has my numismatic book collection. There are loads of books on specific types of coins from ancients to moderns to history to exonumia. Before you start a new collection, buy a book or two on that subject. You'll learn a lot that way. Welcome to the wonderful world of coin collecting!