I submitted an online order to Chapters yesterday for a copy of the 21st edition and have just received an email stating that the book has been shipped to me.
I received my copy of the 21st edition this morning. There are no printing defects in my copy so I presume that Chapters weeded out the defective copies, returned those ones to Charlton, and proceeded to sell the good copies. Hooray for Chapters!
It's difficult to generalize, but most earlier notes (1954 and earlier) seem to have moved upwards by 5-10% or so while many of the more recent notes (i.e., in the Multicoloured and Bird series) haven't changed at all. I don't collect Journey notes myself so I can't comment on the overall changes in that section although the Sheet Replacements and Single Note Replacements have now been partitioned from the Regular Issue notes which seems like a very good idea (maybe one day asterisk and X-notes will be similarly partitioned?). There are many $20 Journey SNR's at $600 in Gem Unc so many brick hunters will be very pleased!
Not much seems to have decreased in price although I did notice that the rare 1972 $5 RS Test Note and two of the three 1954 $2 S/R Test Notes have taken a hit. They have dropped by about 10% in all grades. However, the 1974 $2 RS Test Note remains unchanged.
The 21st Edition is yet another wonderful Charlton catalogue and all associated with its publication should be highly commended. I just wish I had received my copy before the CNA Convention in Ottawa last weekend!
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" Buy the very best notes that you can afford and keep them for at least 10 years. " (Richard D. Lockwood, private communication, 1978).
