COIN WORLD

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The One Hundred Greatest Items Of United States Numismatic Literature Rank: Number 7

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Clain-Stefanelli 500

With Dick Johnson at the editorial helm, Sidney (OH) Printing and Publishing launched the first weekly numismatic publication in 1960. Sidney was no stranger to the demands of a weekly collectibles publication, as they were already printing nearly seventy thousand copies per week of Linn’s Stamp News. Within a few months the publication filled forty or more large format pages each week, countless vendors hawking 1960 small date cents, uncirculated rolls of recent issues, and even more 1960 small date cents. Amid the lurid large type pushing the latest Mint product, Coin World included ANA and club news, feature columns, and up-to-date pricing information in the Trends section. Nearly fifty years later the publication survives, with a recent facelift incorporating slick paper and full color production.