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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 7657814, member: 101855&quot;]Here is the 13th edition of the Red Book that my uncle gave me for Christmas, 1959. This and the two Whitman cent folders got me started as a collector.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1316462[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This was the first year that the 1955 Doubled Die Obverse Cent was listed in the Red Book. The prices were $30 for EF and $50 for Unc. Getting listed in the Red Book was the best way to get a variety on the map, and that listing got the 1955 DDO going.</p><p><br /></p><p>The most valuable coin in my collection, a 1796 No Stars Quarter Eagle, listed for $575 in Fine and $1,150 in Unc. I had to pay a little more than than that. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The highest auction price for the 1804 &quot;Original&quot; Silver Dollar was $10,500.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the first edition of the Red Book, which is dated 1947 but was published in 1946. All Red Books are dated that way.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1316463[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>For whatever reason, there was a column for my 1796 Quarter Eagle in Unc., but no price listed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Common date $3 gold pieces were priced at $22.50 in Unc. A 1793 Chain Cent was $125 in Fine. The top price for the 1804 dollar was still $10,500, so that auction price was the record for quite a while. The Type 2 or &quot;restrike 1804 dollars listed for $2,850. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I might add that until 1971 or so, the Red Book had a lot of influence on market prices. That changed during the first big coin boom that happened when I was a collector in the early 1970s. Dealers started offering 100% of the Red Book price to buy coins in certain series. After that the Red Book became less important as a price guide.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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