This price is called the 'book' value because you would typically find it in a publishedīook such as the Standard Catalog of World Coins.īuy price is the price that a dealer would be willing to pay you if you sold him or her your coin or bill.
How to learn more about coins and billsīasically, there are four different types of 'value' for coins and bills:īook value is an average of many dealers' retail prices for a certain coin or bill - in other words, what the average dealer would sell it for.Finding the Value of Old Coins and Paper Money