Appendix B: Collectible Red and Blue Books
Appendix D: Top 250 Coin Prices Realized at Auction
INTRODUCTION
CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS EDITION
Senior Editor: Jeff Garrett. Research Editor: Q. David Bowers. Editor Emeritus: Kenneth Bressett. Special Consultants: Philip Bressett, Ben Garrett, Robert Rhue, Troy Thoreson, Ben Todd.
Gary Adkins
John Albanese
Dominic Albert
Buddy Alleva
Richard M. August
Scott Barman
Mitchell Battino
Chris Berinato
Mark Borckardt
Larry Briggs
William Bugert
H. Robert Campbell
Elizabeth Coggan
Gary and Alan Cohen
Stephen M. Cohen
James H. Cohen
Steve Contursi
Adam Crum
Raymond Czahor
John Dannreuther
Sheridan Downey
Steven Ellsworth
Brant Fahnestock
Michael Fey
Gerry Fortin
Pierre Fricke
John Frost
Mike Fuljenz
Dennis M. Gillio
Ronald J. Gillio
Rusty Goe
Lawrence Goldberg
Ira Goldberg
Kenneth M. Goldman
Robert Green
Bob Grellman
Thomas Hallenbeck
James Halperin
Ash Harrison
Stephen Hayden
Brian Hendelson
John W. Highfill
Brian Hodge
Jack Howes
Steve Ivy
Amandeep Jassal
Joseph Jones
Mike Joyce
Donald H. Kagin
Bradley S. Karoleff
Jim Koenings
John Kraljevich
Richard A. Lecce
Julian M. Leidman
Denis W. Loring
Dwight N. Manley
Syd Martin
David McCarthy
Chris McCawley
Harry Miller
Lee S. Minshull
Scott P. Mitchell
Charles Morgan
Alex Nocerino
Paul Nugget
Mike Orlando
John M. Pack
Joseph Parrella
Robert M. Paul
Joel Rettew
Robert Rhue
Steve Roach
Greg Rohan
Maurice Rosen
Mark Salzberg
Gerald R. Scherer Jr.
Harry Schultz
Jeff Shevlin
Roger Siboni
James Simek
Scott Sparks
David M. Sundman
Anthony Terranova
Troy Thoreson
Frank Van Valen
Kevin Vinton
Fred Weinberg
Douglas Winter
Mark S. Yaffe
Special credit is due to the following for service and data in this book: Charles Davis, David Fanning, Robert W. Julian, George F. Kolbe, Christopher McDowell, P. Scott Rubin, and William Spencer.
Special credit is due to the following for service in past editions: Lee J. Bellisario, Stewart Blay, Roger W. Burdette, Frank J. Colletti, Tom DeLorey, Bill Fivaz, Chuck Furjanic, James C. Gray, Charles Hoskins, Richard Kelly, David W. Lange, G.J. Lawson, Andy Lustig, J.P. Martin, Eric P. Newman, Ken Potter, Paul Rynearson, Mary Sauvain, Richard J. Schwary, Robert W. Shippee, Craig Smith, Barry Sunshine, Jerry Treglia, Mark R. Vitunic, Holland Wallace, Weimar White, John Whitney, Raymond Williams, and John Wright.
Special photo credits are due to the following: Al Adams, David Akers, James Bevill, Heritage Auctions (ha.com), Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Ron Karp, Massachusetts Historical Society, Christopher McDowell, Tom Mulvaney, Ken Potter, John Scanlon, Roger Siboni, the Smithsonian Institution, Stack’s Bowers Galleries, Richard Stinchcomb, and the United States Mint.
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
Coin values shown in this book are retail prices figured from data from the listed contributors approximately two months prior to publication. The coin market is so active in some categories that values can easily change during that period. Values are shown as a guide and are not intended to serve as a price list for any dealer’s stock. A dash appearing in a price column indicates that coins in that grade exist even though there are no current sales or auction records for them. The dash does not necessarily mean that such coins are exceedingly rare. Italicized prices indicate unsettled or speculative values. A number of listings of rare coins lack prices or dashes in certain grades, indicating that they are not available or not believed to exist in those grades.
Prices rise when (1) the economic trend is inflationary and speculators turn to tangible assets as a hedge, or when the number of collectors increases, while coin supplies remain stationary or decrease through attrition or melting; (2) dealers replace their stocks of coins only from collectors or other dealers, who expect a profit over what they originally paid; (3) speculators attempt to influence the market through selective buying; or (4) bullion (gold