Old Coin Books?

Conder,

I wouldn't be surprised at all by that, but you have to remember that 50 years ago we didn't have instant access to information as we do today. It probably took the publishers of the book months to try to catch up to most (but maybe not all) of the latest trends.

The reason that I asked this question, as you alluded to, was the fact that both of these coins were considered rarities in Mint State until the Treasury releases of the early 60's produced tens of thousands of them.

Chris

 

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remember-- this was the Blue Book. [Wholesale prices, or supposed to be.]

 

Yes, that's right! I even forgot about that, and it's my book.

Chris

Frank, do you think others may have played the guessing game if I had offered a prize to the winner? Wouldn't that be like a teacher bribing her students to learn?

 

lol.

 

OK, I tried using my wife's scanner for the first time to get some pics of my old books. Some of the scans are a little fuzzy in places as I was not going to bend the bindings more than I had to. There were a few loose pages in the 1858, so those were easy to scan. Pay no attention to the outline of my fingers behind the page. First, the 1858.

The binding is gone, but the original owner penciled in when he purchased it. Token diameters used to use a designated size, similar to a ring size. The chart shows how the size would vary with the number. A sample die plate (sketches) is also shown.

 

Here are a few sample pages of the listings. A sale results page is also shown.

 

I will try another one of the sale result to see if it will be larger.

 

Well, that attempt failed. On to the 1861 reference. Here is the cover, and a few sample pages showing the die plate sketches, which are of very high quality IMO.

 

Sorry, I guess I have things a bit out of order now. Here is another die plate sample, the title page, and a couple of pages of auction and/or sale prices from 1859 for those who wish their time machines were in working order. Note some of the prices for the patterns and trial pieces. They are not much by today's standards, but that was A LOT of money back then.

 

The chart with values in the 5 columns are auction results from sales between Feb. 1859 and Nov. 1859. Clicking on the pics make them readable for the most part. Enjoy. Any questions, just ask.

 

cw:
Nice books.

:thumb:

 

Pretty cool! Thanks for sharing them with us.

Chris

 

Treashunt,
Is this your book? :kewl:

 

Chris:

{nods head modestly}

um........YES!

And thanks for the mention.

 

Well I be darn. I'm a bit slow. You wrote the book on the book?
Never made the connection. That's really cool.

 

What? Me modest? Never happen!

Chris

 

Thank you!

not you, silly--


I was attempting to be modest.

[note: attempting.]

 

Who? You ? Never happen!

There! Is that better?

Chris

 

Yeah, that's really cool! I'll have to check it out!!

 

uh, yup.

edited

sorry, about this.

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