70th Anniversary of A Guide Book of United States Coins
2016-11-17 Thu
2017 is the official 70th anniversary of the longest-running annual retail coin price guide - Whitman Publishing’s Guide Book of United States Coins.Mark Sherman of Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) is posting a multi-part blog series on the subject. “With nearly three generations of history behind [the Red Book]”. Past issues of the Red Book will be used to track the price performance of 70 different U.S. coins over the book’s lifetime. 8 data points with an interval of 10 years gives a clear insight of the pricing of coins since the end of the Second World War.
Changes in grading systems over the years and inflation will also be considered. The coins will be grouped into sections since there is huge data to be analysed.
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