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Title: A Guide Book of United States Coins 2004: 57th Edition by R. S. Yeoman, Ken Bressett, R.S. Yeoman ISBN: 1-58238-202-6 Publisher: Whitman Coin Pub Pub. Date: July, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2 (1 review)
Rating: 2
Summary: Ouch! Better stick with 2003 edition for reference
Comment: This 2004 edition of a standard reference disappoints; if you can get it, I recommend the 2003 edition for now, especially if it's your first coin book purchase. While there are some ongoing improvements (more commemorative coin images), there are two major strikes against this edition: 1) A bunch of new color images have been added throughout - and they're horrible. 2) Whitman has filled some of the blank space with ads, increasing the number of ads for Whitman products five-fold, usually popping up between denominations.
The new images are failures because they are digital images that were incorrectly prepared for press. The artifacting in the images is so bad, for example, that the 1858 flying eagle cent large/small letter variety isn't clear to the novice eye. Many of the large cent date varieties look terrible, and in some pictures you can't even discern what the difference is supposed to be. The editor has provided a reference book that fails as a reference - no small feat.
As for the ads, Whitman certainly has the right, but the vivid colors just feel distasteful; I don't mind them at the back, where they're a handy reference, but our lives are stuffed with enough commercial filler - can't I avoid it while looking up my coins?
A couple of new varieties are added, expanding beyond the addition of recent Lincoln varieties in 2002. The state quarters section has been attractively improved, and images now exist for all quarters designs to date. Interestingly, the hard times tokens at the rear are eliminated, and a section on pattern pieces added instead. I always find patterns fascinating examples of 'what could have been', so I laud this addition, as it lends the starting hobbyist a little peek into an area I find more exciting than tokens. That's a subjective viewpoint though, and the only reason I gave the book a 2 instead of a 1. I'm saddened that it falls so far short of where the 2003 edition came to.
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Title: Handbook of United States Coins 2004: The Official "Blue Book" by R. S. Yeoman, Kenneth Bressett, Ken Bressett, R.S. Yeoman ISBN: 1582382018 Publisher: Whitman Coin Pub Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: The Official Blackbook Price Guide to U.S. Coins, 42nd edition by Marc Hudgeons, Jr. Thomas E. Hudgeons ISBN: 1400048052 Publisher: House of Collectibles Pub. Date: 10 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Official Blackbook Price Guide to U.S. Paper Money, 36th edition by Marc Hudgeons, Jr. Thomas E. Hudgeons ISBN: 1400048060 Publisher: House of Collectibles Pub. Date: 10 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Photograde: A Photographic Grading Encyclopedia for United States Coins by James F. Ruddy, Golden Books ISBN: 0307993612 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: June, 1996 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Coin Collecting for Dummies by Ron Guth ISBN: 0764553895 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 15 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
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