2013 ‘Red Book’ available April 10

Sixteen pages have been added to the new 2013 edition of the Guide Book of United States Coins, known to collectors as the “Red Book,” from Whitman Publishing. At 448 pages, the 66th edition of the guide includes new features, plus more than 300 additional or updated color photographs.

Sixteen pages have been added to the new 2013 edition of the Guide Book of United States Coins, known to collectors as the “Red Book,” from Whitman Publishing.

At 448 pages, the 66th edition of the guide includes new features, plus more than 300 additional or updated color photographs.

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The new edition, debuting in four different formats March 22 at the Whitman Baltimore Coin & Collectibles Expo, is available for pre-order online and will be in bookstores and hobby shops nationwide April 10.

The 2013 edition has 1,974 full-color images. It prices 7,045 entries in up to nine grades each, with more than 32,000 total valuations. More pages have been added to the sections on pre-federal coinage, silver and related dollars, commemoratives and proof and mint sets.

The Red Book can be ordered direct from the publisher at www.whitman.com.

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