Coin Magazines

[MikeKing]

What is the most popular coin magazine? How would you rank them?

 

 

[Coindude]

I used to purchase:

 

Coins

COINage

Coin Prices

and Numismatic News

 

In that order, I think the magazine was Coins. It's been a long time though.

[Schatzy]

I no longer buy any of them!! It seems like there is only 10 readable pages in a magazine and I was sick of looking at the same ad's. I usually look through them when I am at B&N.

 

I look on Coinflation.Com and NumismaticNews.Net for the news articles.

[BillJones]

Here's the four I get in order of their use to me:

 

Coin World

Coin Prices

COINage

The Numismatist

[MikeKing]

Reason why I'm asking is that I want to write a series of articles and have no idea which would be the best place to submit them.

 

 

[physics-fan3.14]

Submit to all of them. Chances are one or more will turn you down.

[BillJones]

Reason why I'm asking is that I want to write a series of articles and have no idea which would be the best place to submit them.

 

 

Good luck when it comes to getting paid. I know a couple of regular columnists who appear in Coin World, and they don’t get paid anything. It’s good publicity if you are David Bowers (I think he can write in his sleep any way) but for the rest of us who have work at it, it’s an effort mainly for your own satisfaction.

[RWB]

Coin hobby publishers are among the lowest paying of any periodicals.

 

As for the best magazines - they are all long gone.

 

[BillJones]

Coin hobby publishers are among the lowest paying of any periodicals.

 

As for the best magazines - they are all long gone.

 

I guess you must be mssing the Numismatic Scrapbook.

 

Seriously I don't think the modern ones are so bad. There is some good stuff in Coin World now and then, and some of Julian's artcles in COINage have been first rate.

[Schatzy]

As for the best magazines - they are all long gone.

 

Unfortunately very true!!

[physics-fan3.14]

I've really been enjoying the ANS Journal, but its only quarterly.

[Houston Investor]

For retail price reference, I take Coin World (their price guide is superior) and Bank Note Reporter. In most instances, I will take 10% below market value (Coin World Trends) in a retail transaction. I always try to give my retail customers a discount or break if possible as inventory / replacement cost permits.

 

For wholesale reference I take CDN (Greysheet), CCDN (Bluesheet), and Greensheet. Generally, my offers for certified coins offered to me at may table at shows is full certified bid - Bluesheet (This is all I will get for them if I have to all of a sudden liquidate this material). Dealer to dealer transactions for coins, I don't mind selling at CDN Ask if cost permits. I have seen these dealers usually price this stuff they purchased from me at their table or shop with a modest tack on for their retail buyers of say 10 - 20%.

[Zoins]

I no longer buy any of them!! It seems like there is only 10 readable pages in a magazine and I was sick of looking at the same ad's. I usually look through them when I am at B&N.

I agree. There are too many ads and the price lists aren't useful to me. Going to B&N works fine for me.

[James_OldeTowne]

I have maintained my subscription to CoinWorld, but it is quite unexciting to me these days. There seems to be a lot of "fodder" that holds no interest for me, and my favorite page (letters to the editor) is only given one page of coverage!

 

From past experience, I would recommend starting with Numismatic News first, and CoinWorld second.

[michael]

coin world and numismatic news a tie for first

 

the numismatist

 

coinage

 

 

[michael]

i agree with james as coin world used tobetop first by a long margain a few years ago but now even with numismatic news andnumismatic news might have a slight edge because of their monthly coin prices rag

[Houston Investor]

My problem with NN is their price guide is so lame. They give good USM stats and their subscription is less expensive than CW. However, I made the decision to go wtih CW. CW had some intereting articles on the Chinese Counterfits awhile back. I use many of the dealer ads as a reference point to see what some of these other guy are selling their stuff at....

[World Colonial]

Of the four that are listed the most in this thread, the Numismatist I would rate as a decent publication. It just has little or nothing of real interest to me. The newstand magazines are boring to me.