Product Description
In 1946, a slim but fact-filled book hit the hobby scene: R.S. Yeomans Guide Book of United States Coins. This April, Whitman Publishing will release the 60th Anniversary edition of this beloved, best-selling hobby guide, known everywhere as the Red Book. The Red Book prices more than 6,000 coins, with nearly 30,000 individual values. Of course this comprehensive pricing isnt the only reason collectors have made the Red Book one of the top-selling nonfiction titles in publishing history. A solid foundation and 60 years of numismatic scholarship have built what many collectors call the Bible of the hobby a single resource that teaches a little of everything about American coins; a reference jam-packed with facts and figures that researchers go back to time and time again. More than 700 new full-color photographs, updated mintages and coin values, new auction records, additional pattern pieces, expanded coverage of Civil War tokens, and the latest commemoratives, sets, and other coins. Full color throughout; illustrated; 417 pages, edited by Kenneth Bressett.
Customer Reviews:
Foundation book for coins.......2007-09-30
This is the first book a person should buy when entering into coin collecting. It gives a base to prices and where one might start.2008 Guide Book of Us Coins Redbook (Guide Book of United States Coins)
coin book-just what I needed.......2007-05-12
I ordered this book for my son as he is beginning coin collecting. He took up that interest after seeing the collection that my grandfather handed down to me. The book was perfect for showing him what these coins are worth today.
owlwise "comments".......2007-05-07
This is a very comprehensive, filled with pictures, easy to understand and follow guidebook for a beginner, as well as a serious collector.
Can't get by without the 2007 Redbook.......2007-04-06
Just like every other edition of the Red Book for US Coins this edition is well designed and bound (rings). I have had hard cover, paperback style, and the ring bound style redbooks in the past and prefer the ring bound for daily use.
United States Coins 2007.......2007-04-03
I actually found what I was looking for but so enjoyed the book that I read the entire book. Very interesting.
Customer Reviews:
U.S.A. Redbook.......2007-09-30
The book is packed with useful information on U.S. coinage, the book was sent promptly and well packaged.
Great resource!.......2007-09-28
This book has detailed color photos, which I've been searching for in helping identify various coins. It is detailed in values and in the history of the various coins. Highly recommend it for US coin collectors.
Good Reference .......2007-08-12
I enjoy the book as a ready referance, I wish they where able to give a little bit more information on specific dates and mintage of the coins.
2008 Guide Book of Us Coins Redbook (Guide Book of United States Coins) (Guide Book of United States Coins) (Hardcover) by R. S........2007-08-10
THE RED BOOK OFFERS MORE,IMFORMATION THAN JUST A PRICE GUIDE.I LIKE THE NEW PHOTO'S THAT CAN BE MOST HELPFUL ON VARIETYS AND ERRORS.I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO A BEGINNER OR A WELL SEASONNED COLLECTOR.
Best Catalog of US Coins and Values: Must Have!!!.......2007-08-10
This is the Best Catalog of US Coins and Price Guide: A Must Have!!!
Well written and easy to use, Well Recommended.
See Also the following for further information on US and World Numismatics:
Standard Catalog of World Coins 1901-2000 (Standard Catalog of World Coins)
Standard Catalog Of World Gold Coins: Platinum and Palladium issues included (Standard Catalog of World Gold Coins)Standard Catalog of World Coins 1801-1900 (Standard Catalog of World Coins 19th Century Edition 1801-1900)
Standard Catalog of World Coins 1701-1800
Standard Catalog of World Coins: 17th Century - 1601-1700 (Standard Catalog of World Coins 17th Century Edition 1601-1700)
2008 Guide Book of Us Coins Redbook (Guide Book of United States Coins) (Guide Book of United States Coins)
Encyclopedia of U.S. Gold Coins: 1795 - 1933, Circulating, Proof, Commemorative, and Pattern Issues
Book Description
Truly the best reference and price guide available for antique American arms. The combination of historical reference, vastness of scope, and authoritative pricing make this the ultimate antique American arms value guide.
The world's best-known antique arms dealer and authority expands and updates prices and adds more historic information in this new eighth edition. Identify and price more than 4,000 antique American firearms manufactured between 1850 and 1900, using two grades of condition. A detailed history of firearms adds to the reader's knowledge of how a specific gun is priced.
Prices have been fully reviewed to reflect current market values. A quick reference section includes a detailed index to guide collectors to specifications, values, and historical data on specific arms.
-Best reference and price guide for American antique arms
-Fully updated to reflect current market values on 4,000 guns
-Expanded historical information on individual firearms
-More than 1,700 large scale photos aid in identification
Customer Reviews:
Antique Guns.......2007-02-22
Flayderman is the bible of antique gun collecting. Very informative historically with good bibliography for specific manufacturers. Only issue is copyright is 2001 and values have changed a lot in the interim.
Flayderman's Guide.......2006-06-29
I am an ardent collector of antique firearms. Flayderman's is an absolutely essential resource with detailed information about practically every firearm ever produced in early America. There simply is nothing comparable.
Flayderman's Guide.......2006-02-26
I am a CW buff, and often would look at items listed on the various sites, not knowing the details. Now I can be sure I know the model, date of mfg, value.
Flayderman's Guide to Antique American Firearms and Their Values.......2006-01-31
One may disagree with some of the prices given but if a novice collector bought only one book, this should be it for the wealth of information found within its almost 700 pages of photos and text. Whether your area of interest is Civil War arms, Indian guns, air and spring guns, or even whaling guns you'll find this book helpful. My only criticism is the arrangement of the index and that was the responsibililty of the publisher.
Flayderman is Out of Date.......2005-05-09
Flayderman's has not revised gun values since 2001. They put a date on the reverse of the fly page of 2004, but it just a re-print of the one compiled in 2000 and printed in 2001. I hope others are not fooled like I was thinking they are getting an updated book. I feel I wasted my money. Gun values have changed too much in the last few years, and I find this book worthless.
Book Description
This comprehensive look at the coin collecting world lists every U.S. coin ever minted along with its value. It also includes:
• Black and white photographs
• More than 18,000 coin prices
• How to bid and buy smart at auctions and coin shows, on the Internet, and through the mail
• A market review tracking current trends
• Fast-find coin index
Customer Reviews:
good reference book to keep handy.......2007-07-13
This is a good reference book to have on hand, whether you're a coin collector or not. Also some good warnings to protect you from common scams. Every well stocked home library needs this book.
US Coins.......2007-01-06
This book is very helpful in telling any coin collector what U.S coins, old and new, should look like. History of coinage is good. I feel the prices given for values of many coins is somewhat high. There are other books for values, but none as good as this one for helping any coin collector learn about our coinage.
Book Description
Features a unique look into the history of Franciscan dinnerware, with full-color digitally captured images of more than 400 patterns. Thorough detail on Franciscan favorites such as Apple, Desert Rose, and Ivy. Comprehensive sections on Handpainted, Earthenware, and Fine China dinnerware, including a brief history with interesting information about each pattern. Includes segments on Franciscan Crystal, Flatware, Collectibles and Giftware.
Customer Reviews:
Franciscan:An American Dinnerware Tradition.......2006-11-06
My Father was the last Dinnerware Plant Manager for Franciscan China while it was still made in California. This book included alot of Franciscan China that is usually left out. I recommeded this book to my Father, who bought it and loved it too.
Franciscan: An American Dinnerware Tradition.......2005-09-11
Excellent material, but I wish the colors were more vivid and true to the real colors of the pottery. I recommend the book because it has a wealth of information for anyone who enjoys learning about all the patterns and their history. It would be a wonderful addition to the library of a collector or anyone interested in California pottery.
Franciscan: An American Dinnerware Tradition.......2005-08-23
Great resource. If you're a collector, BUY THIS BOOK. The pricing guide is an amazing reference for rare and uncommon pieces.
Some things lacking . . . ........2002-12-06
The book is well written and I've learned quite a bit. However, I don't like that there isn't a photo of every piece (like the child's plate) or how to tell the difference between a casserole and a covered vegetable. I also didn't like that the price guide doesn't break down the year the item was made, just prices of American made, and made in England. Is one made in 1941 worth more than one in 1980??? The book and the guide doesn't say. I also felt as though it was CLEARLY written from a SALES perspective, complete with a photo of The Replacements headquarters on the back cover!
A good book.......2002-01-20
This is probably the best book on Franciscan dinnerware around. It gives a lot of information on the company, it's history etc. I would have liked to see more information and photos on the handpainted items, namely the Apple and Desert Rose varieties. There are only a few pages devoted exclusively to them. There is a price guide included that covers most of the items, although it doesn't show photos of each piece. I think it's a pretty good book though and I'm glad I bought it.
Book Description
From among the world-renowned treasures at the Winterthur Museum, the author selected 400 outstanding examples of American furniture from the Queen Anne and Chippendale periods, representing the era when the cabinetmakers of New England, New York, Philadelphia, and the South were at the height of their achievement. Each illustration is accompanied by information about the pieces place of origin, date of construction, dimensions, special features and qualities, and the maker and original owner when known. A special section presents the furniture in its proper environment, including ten rooms in full color. There is technical information for the serious collector and a highly readable history for those interested in the early-American way of life.
Customer Reviews:
Excellent Aid for Production of Period Works.......2004-10-27
I was excited from the time I opened the package. The volume has high quality photographs printed on gloss pages. The photographs represent a broad spectrum of works by superior funrniture makers. The comprehensive text explained the obvious and not so obvious distingtions in form, format, style, constrution approach, and a host of like details.
I took the volume with me to Marc Adams School of Woodworking for a Philidephia Lowboy class with Allen Breed. The pictures aided in layout and construction of the item. Class members were impressed with the quality and quanity of the photographs. This book is well worth the price.
Book Description
Considered the most highly acclaimed and preferred of its kind, the newest edition of the universal coin-grading encyclopedia by James F. Ruddy showcases over 1000 enhanced coin-grading pictures and adjectival descriptions of regular issue U.S. coin types from 1793 to date. Designated in 1972 as an Official Grading Guide of the American Numismatic Association, Photograde is widely accepted as the most complete grading book ever printed. In fact, over 500,000 copies have been sold to date.
Customer Reviews:
Lots of Information--where it matters least.......2007-10-01
I've had this book for years. And yes, while it's a very good guide for grading coins in the inferior grades; and as someone mentioned, even many ten year old kids can do this--those aren't the grades that most often matter much with regards to US coins.
For example, a well known mail order coin company has a 1923 Mercury dime for sale, right now, for $8.75 in the grade of good--which is probably a bit much, for one of the lowest possible coin grades. On Ebay, the same coin in "choice BU" (and no one knows what that means exactly particualrly not on ebay), appears, for sale, and to be a roughly MS-60 coin. It can be "bought now" for $50 bucks. So that's the range that Photograde handles--Almost Good, to Brilliant Uncirculated. A range which varies from $5 - $50 on this particular, common date Mercury dime.
Now that same dime however, has sold recently at auction for $500 in MS66, $1800 in MS67, and a whopping $12,500 in MS68!
In other words, unless you're a kid collecting out of your lawn mowing proceeds, the real issue nine times out of ten; on most coins after 1850), isn't whether or not a coin rates VF or F, it's all about the 10 different grades from MS60--MS70.
It's frankly amazing to me that there isn'tt a good guidebook published by PCGS or ANACS, that can do in text form, what these organizations pretend to do every day of the year behind closed doors--determine grades of uncirculated and proof coins.
Such a book would be relatively expensive, maybe $50-$100 or more. But for people who collect coins at least in part as investments, this amount is barely significant in terms of what it would mean to teh collector.
Photograde? It's a decent enough compendium, but you can go online and get most of their grading criteria, with better pictures, for free. The book is sadly out of date IMO, in the sense that it still treats coin grade divisions, much as they were treated 30 years ago.
Highly recommended guide........2007-08-07
Now in an updated nineteenth edition, Photograde: Official Photographic Grading Guide for United States Coins is a handy guide for coin collectors and dealers. More than 1,000 black-and-white obverse and reverse coin photographs clearly show the visual distinctions to look for when grading currency, and the easy-to-understand terms and grading descriptions make Photograde a snap to use for beginners and advanced graders alike. Special chapters on counterfeits and how to value, clean, retone, and store coins round out this highly recommended guide.
Good, but not complete........2007-06-30
This book is considered the standard reference for grading coins. It's very well done with B&W images and descriptions, but only covers coin grades up to AU50. If you collect MS grade coins, this book really won't be of much help to you.
This was worthless.......2007-06-23
The description was that of a photographic grading guide. Photographic to me means just that...actual photographs of the different grades. Every items was in black and white. Also, the grading stopped at AU. What happened to the uncirculated grades?
Anyone other than a novice will be extremely disappointed with this product.
Photograde.......2007-05-09
Since I primarily deal in and with ancient coins, this guide has proven to be a tremendous asset. The complexity of grading American coins has grown in recent years and this book has saved me hours of work, now that I have begun seller in the United Stateds coin market.
Customer Reviews:
Beautiful.......2003-12-29
This is an unbelievably beautiful book! The photos are very good quality, the information accompanying them is interesting. Also loved the chronology at the end. Very lovely and well done.
Book Description
The incomparable Winterthur Museum collection of beautiful and distinct Federal period American furniture is described and illustrated in this book, first published in 1978. Todays printing technology makes this book even more stunning, presenting beautiful photos of 491 pieces. The text explores the maker, place of origin, size, materials, dimensions, details of design and, most importantly, an evaluation of the merits of each piece. It is a history of the entire process of furniture making in Federal America. This is a classic encyclopedia for Federal period furniture enthusiasts, and a mine of information for everyone interested in the social and cultural history of the formative years of the United States.
Customer Reviews:
DU PONT'S WINTERTHUR.......2006-03-31
Winterthur is THE finest collection of American Federal Furniture in the world, it is simply a singular collection. This book is very well conceived, the text is well researched and the images are crisp. Mr. Dupont was one of the first major collectors of American Furniture of the Federal Period, and he had a great eye for the best pieces. We are so lucky that he kept his beloved collection intact and he was generous enough to create a museum to showcase this spectacular collection and allow the public to appreciate the beauty of this amazing craftsmanship. American Federal Furniture is now some of the most expensive and sought after furnture in the world, but at the time Mr. DuPont began collecting it was not sought after at all, the wealthy wanted French Furniture, this was considered beautiful and American Federal Furniture was considered too understated, Mr. DuPont, because of who he was, really changed peoples mind on this style of furniture and we owe him a debt of gratitude for this. I recommend this book to anyone with a love for beautiful things.
first time used book order.......2004-12-08
My sister in law wanted this book for her Christmas gift. She is an antique appraiser. I was a bit unsure of ordering a used book for a present but when it came I was happily surprised to see that the book was in excellent condition. I will be pleased to give the book to her at Christmas. LD
Book Description
Lar Hothem, author of the bestselling series, Indian Artifacts of the Midwest, and several other books on arrowheads, pipes, and trade relics, is widely known for his research in the field of Indian artifacts. His latest book, complete with more than 2,200 color photographs, features the highly valuable chipped points and blades, plus many of the sometimes overlooked minor tool types. All of the basic Paleo artifaces and classes are shown and described, and interesting facts about ancient Paleo lifeways, supported by archaeology, are provided. Sections on discoveries and auction results will be of interest to the reader. Current values for Paleo artifacts of all types are given, and a large number of top-grade Paleo points, some never before published, are pictured. There are chapters of Paleo knives and non-point tools of all kinds, and tips on collecting these artifacts. This book contains the most Paleo artifacts pictured in any publication to date, including some of the more valuable fluted and lanceolate points in North America from some of the finest private collections. Paleo-Indian Artifacts offers a glimpse into an ancient world as revealed by the tools and weapons. AUTHORBIO: Lar Hothem is a well-known expert in the field of Indian arrowheads and artifacts. His popular series, Indian Artifacts of the Midwest series has now added its fifth volume. His other titles include Indian Axes Related Stone Artifacts, Indian Pipes, Arrowheads Projectile Points, and Indian Trade Relics.
Customer Reviews:
Truely a Plea for Your Money.......2007-01-19
I was completely dissapointed in this book. On the pro side: it has a lot of pretty pictures and is hardbound. That is about it. It has no technical merit, nor is there any organization to it. It is simply a mosaic of photographs many of which are subjective as to whether they are truley paleo or not, and they do not represent all paleo tools equally. You will have to work to find examples of redstones here. It may be suitable as a coffee table nicknack, but as a reference or good read....Zzzzzz.
An excellent resource.......2006-08-31
Once the reader is able to get by the occasional editorial oversight, any serious student, artifact collector or just someone interested in Paleo-Indian/Native American artifacts will find this book an excellent and most enjoyable resource. It is both easy to read as well as full of pictures of these hard to find artifacts. Beautifully photographed...that in itself makes it worth sitting down and enjoying.
Mistakes.......2006-02-07
As previous critiquer noted there is an error in the book RIGHT OFF THE BAT! Could ANYONE have proofread this and missed it? It made me not trust the rest of the book, valid as it might be.
Beautiful, but flawed.......2006-01-11
This is a BEAUTIFUL book, and well-worth the relatively low Amazon price. However, there are some flaws in it, which might make its usefulness a tad questionable to serious students of Paleo-Indian artifact values and identities. Several pictures are incorrectly ID'ed (see page 6 and 7...the same picture is used for a fluted point and a clovis point. The same thing happens on page 97. This is probably the result of carelessness on the part of the type/image setter, not the author, but it does make one wonder. The images are spectacular (and I'd give my eye-teeth to find any ONE of them), so ignore my carping and purchase this book. It is huge and loaded with full-color photos of points and tools that will make your mouth water. I want to go to Ohio and hunt for artifacts!
Paleo artifacts.......2005-07-28
Covers all classifications of Paleo, transitional paleo and related tools. Not enough western stuff for me. Hundreds of great pics, I have not counted, maybe a thousand. More clovis than you can shake a stick at. Very very few obvious fakes.
Well worth the little bit of money. Gives history when available, CoA's issused, auction prices when applicable. Best book out there for Paleo.
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