.jpg) 33rd edition of the Red Book (1979, dated 1980), showing the solid red cover. | |
| Editor | R. S. Yeoman (1946–1970); Kenneth Bressett (1971–2017); Jeff Garrett (2018–present); Q. David Bowers (Deluxe Edition, 2018–present) |
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| Author | Richard (R. S.) Yeoman |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Numismatics (coins of the United States dollar) |
| Genre | Antiques & collectibles |
| Publisher | Whitman Publishing |
Publication date | 1946–present |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 468 (76th edition, 2023) |
| ISBN | 978-0794848026 |
| OCLC | 1138499586 |
| Website | whitman |
A Guide Book of United States Coins (The Official Red Book), first compiled by R. S. Yeoman in 1946, is a price guide for coin collectors of coins of the United States dollar, commonly known as the Red Book.
Along with its sister publication, the older Handbook of United States Coins (The Official Blue Book), it is considered an authoritative U.S. coin price guide. The Guide Book and Handbook got their nicknames (and now official trademarks), the "Red Book" and the "Blue Book," due to their respective solid red and blue covers.[1] Both books are published annually, dated for the following year.
The Red Book lists the retail price of all United States coins from colonial issues to modern circulating U.S. coins, including each year of issue, mint marks, and significant design variations. In addition, the Red Book lists commemorative coins, mint sets and proof sets, and bullion coins, as well as significant U.S. pattern coins, private and territorial gold, Hard-times tokens and Civil War tokens. Also listed are Confederate issues, Hawaiian tokens and coins, Philippine issues and Alaskan tokens. Each listing includes variable prices based on a coin's measured quality, or grade.
- ^ Young, Jr., William H.; Young, Nancy K. (2010). World War II and the Postwar Years in America: A Historical and Cultural Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 377.