Question by Zack: What is the difference between the Blue Book and Red book for coin collecting?

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Answer by Ben D
The Blue Book lists prices that you can expect a coin dealer to pay you for your coins

The Red Book lists prices that you can expect to pay if you were to buy them.

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Question by Shawn O'neill: What does encapsulated and type set mean in coin collecting?

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Answer by Mike1942f
You can double check these but encapsulated should mean contained in a sealed plastic case so the coin can be viewed but not touched or scratched - stiffer than a plastic bag.
Type set should mean all the coins of that design from the various mints - so might have coins from San Francisco, Denver, Pittsburgh depending on year.

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Question by Jonny: I am new to coin collecting and I was wondering where (or how) to get silver coins at a cheap price?
By the way, I am Canadian so I collect Canadian coins.
What I mean by silver are coins that are usually minted before 1967 (not bullion coins)

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Answer by Eugene
Unfortunately, silver coins are not easy to collect. Silver content is rather side effect for collector: the coin may be a garbage quality, but noone will sell it to you for less than silver value. The only silver coins that I got for less than silver value - are from the bank rolls. Rarely, you can find silver coin in a roll, esspecially old one. Also in US some people do not know that some silver coins were still minted after 1964. I am not sure how it was in Canada though. ANother thing, foreign silver coins - not many people will know the actual silver content. So you may get lucky and get the coin for less than silver spot price. Hope this helps.

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