2026 Red Book Hits Shelves Nationwide

Whitman Brands™ has shipped the all-new 2026 Red Book from its Alabama distribution center. All print formats, including the Kindle e-book, will be available at major retailers starting April 8, 2025. A limited number of copies will be offered at the Whitman Expos™ Spring Show, March 27-29, 2025, in Baltimore, Maryland.

The 79th edition of the Red Book introduces a complete redesign, featuring a larger 6 x 9″ format, an intuitive layout, over 12,000 listings, updated market values in up to nine grades using Collector’s Price Guide (CPG®) Retail pricing, GSIDSM catalog numbers, the latest mint data, and more.

Collectors will notice several key updates. Circulation and Proof-strike charts are now separated, and Type-coin value charts have been added where applicable. The “Private and Territorial Gold” chapter has more than doubled in detail, while the “Commemoratives” chapter has been updated to better align with market conventions, grouping coins by denomination and listing them by familiar collector names.

"The evolution of this year’s edition has been truly awesome to watch, successful only because of the effort and collaboration by the editorial, pricing, design, purchasing, marketing, sales, and distribution teams," said John Feigenbaum, Publisher and President/CEO of Whitman Brands.

"I can’t wait for collectors to get their hands on a copy of a 2026 edition – it promises to deliver an elevated experience for collectors of all levels," he added.

Feigenbaum also extended special thanks to Jeff Garrett, Dianna Plattner, Matthew Heller, Matt Jeffirs, Patrick Ian Perez, and Billie Blattel for their contributions to this year’s redesign.

As with previous editions, readers will expand their knowledge with in-depth coverage of:

• Colonial and early American coins
• Federal coins, including modern series like the latest American Women quarters, Native American dollars, and American Innovation dollars
• Commemoratives, Proof coins, and Mint sets
• Territorial gold, Civil War tokens, and other historical pieces
• Puerto Rican, Philippine, and Hawaiian coins
• Silver, gold, platinum, and palladium bullion coins
• Error coins, Patterns, and more

Other new additions include fun-fact spotlights, a regular and fully illustrated case study in the "Grading U.S. Coins" section (this edition’s focus: Morgan Dollars), and the "Collector’s Notebook" which covers a changing array of current issues in the hobby (this edition’s subject: Misinformation in Numismatics).

"Initial feedback for this year’s release has been overwhelmingly positive and pre-orders are up from last year," said Dawn Burbank, Vice President of Sales and Operations. "So far, all our distributors, national accounts, and dealers like the larger 6×9" format, the addition of a softcover to the lineup, and the pop of the 4-color art on the hardcover."

Key Enhancements for 2026:

• Larger 6 x 9" format
• Intuitive layout
• More than 2,000 full-color images
• Over 32,500 market values in up to nine grades for more than 12,000 listings using industry-standard Collector’s Price Guide (CPG) Retail pricing
• Greysheet Identification (GSID) numbers to seamlessly identify and link each coin across the entire Whitman family of products
• Updated research and latest U.S. Mint data
• Fun Fact spotlights
• Articles, essays and case studies

Published by Whitman®, the most trusted name in numismatic literature, all four formats (hardcover, softcover, spiral-bound, and large spiral-bound) can be purchased through Whitman.com, Whitman’s Ebay Store, Amazon, and Walmart.com, and bookstores, hobby shops, and other retailers nationwide starting April 8, 2025. Pre-orders are available now.