shadroch

I've been attending a lot of auctions since I retired and coins are almost always a big part of them.

I see some people using red books, others using blue one.

Can someone give a brief explanation of the differences, and which would be better for me to buy?

Thanks.

Hey,

Most of my posts are half in jest. Its all good clean fun,until someone gets an eye poked out.

One more thing about FCI. There was an absolute lack of security in the place. Open bags of siver dollars were everywhere, trays full of coins sat on desks,counter-tops,everywhere.No one seemed very concerned about inside theft. Of course,as I said,I was only there for less than a half a day,including my interview,but it certainly appeared that way to me.

In the fall of 1976,or 1977, I applied for a job in their Albertson HQ. They had placed a job notice in my schoos job center and I thought it would be great. I was a novice collector and as a freshman in college,didn't have a lot of real world business experiance,though I had been doing comic shows for a few years.

Twenty minutes into my job,I was shown a vat to dip coins into. I asked if that was not supposed to damage the collector value,and was fired on the spot.

Just thought I'd share that little tidbit. I wa really surprised when I read that W.Breen was going to work for them.