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Have you inherited a numismatic collection? Cash In Your Coins tells you how rare your coins are, how to value them, and how to sell or donate if you decide to liquidate all or part of the estate. Author Beth Deisher, an award-winning journalist and retired editor of Coin World, says "I wrote Cash In Your Coins to inform and protect the millions of Americans who already collect coins, and those who will someday inherit their collections." Deisher draws on more than 35 years of experience...

The Check List and Record Book of United States Paper Money is a convenient way to keep track of your currency collection. Its 6 x 9-inch size packs a lot of information into a handy resource that you can carry in your pocket or bag, or store in your safe deposit box. Take it to shows and shops while you are on the hunt for your next numismatic acquisition. Check each box as you add a note to your collection or upgrade to a better specimen. Use the Friedberg and Whitman numbers to look up your...

Postcard collecting has been a popular American pastime since the hobby's Golden Age, more than a hundred years ago. For today's collector, postcards offer historic photography, snapshots of pop culture and everyday life, colorful works by famous artists - and the thrill of the hunt as you build your collection. Includes Real photo postcards (RPPCs), linens, chromes, signed artist cards, sets and series, hand-colored cards, error cards, composites, mechanicals and novelties, and moreChristmas,...

The American Silver Eagle has been a highly prized collector coin. With more than 600 million sold since 1986, these gorgeous coins have sold just as many as their more well-known sisters. American Silver Eagles receive the treatment readers have come to expect from the Bowers Series in this fascinating new reference book by award-winning author Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez: behind-the-scenes history, knowledgeable advice for collectors and investors, and valuable advice on grading, storage,...

This Edgar Marcus holder has a solid oak frame and holds all wartime coinage. Holder has slots for 3 Steel Pennies and 11 Wartime Silver Nickels.*Coins NOT Included

The Handbook of United States Coins, published by Whitman Publishing, was first published in 1942 as a reliable source indicating the average price coin dealers paid for different types, dates, and mintmarks of U.S. coins. The ground-breaking new book quickly became well-liked by both dealers and collectors. Coin dealers have used the OFFICIAL BLUE BOOK�, as it became known, to make buying offers for more than 81 years. You can use it to determine the value of your coins if you're a collector!...

The gorgeous and venerable Morgan Silver dollar is a favorite among Americans to collect! Other coins do not inspire a great deal of the American romance and adventure. The "dean of American numismatics," Q. David Bowers, provides an engrossing portrayal of the nation's most beloved classic coin in this extended seventh edition of his best-selling book. You'll discover how to grade coins, cherry-pick uncommon die variants, and become a more knowledgeable collector. You'll also learn what to...

64 full-color pages with album page. Classic Whitman blue album-style board with plastic sliding inserts so the front and back of the coin are visible. Perfect for display and for long-term storage.

Puzzle of the actual Contursi 1794 Silver Dollar -- America's first silver dollar struck. 135 pieces, double sided, and 250 mm in diameter when finished

Puzzle of the Brasher Doubloon. 250 mm in diameter.

64 full-color pages with album pages. Classic whitman blue album-style board with plastic sliding inserts so the front and back of the coin are visible. Perfect for display and for long-term storage.

The latest entry in Whitman s 100 Greatest collection, 100 Greatest U.S. Error Coins is a beautifully illustrated coffee-table book that explores one of the hobby s hottest collectible fields. Expert dealers, collectors, researchers, and historians have all weighed in on their opinions of the 100 all-time greatest examples of American coinage errors. The rarities, the classics, and the intriguing how d that happen? specimens are here---and some interesting surprises, too. Authors Nicholas...

In this beautifully illustrated coffee-table book, distinguished numismatists Scott Schechter and Jeff Garrett take you on a personal guided tour of the most significant U.S. coins of the modern era. From humble Lincoln cents to costly American Platinum Eagles, each of the ranking coins was voted into place following rigorous research to determine which were worthy of being contenders for the 100 Greatest. This revised and updated third edition features new additions to the list and dramatic -...

100 Greatest Women on Coinsis the 10th entry in Whitman Publishing?s popular ?100 Greatest? library. ?This book is a celebration of women?s impact on numismatics,? says award-winning author Ron Guth. Each notable woman is described with an illustrated essay and colorful images of the coins on which she appears. Guth also discusses the long history of women featured on coins, and how anyone today can assemble a remarkable and meaningful collection. The book?s scholarly value is further expanded...

The struggles of the U.S. Mint in the first half of the 19th centuryNoted researcher Michael Moran, author of Striking Change: The Great Artistic Collaboration of Theodore Roosevelt and Augustus Saint-Gaudens, joined by gold specialist Jeff Garrett, provides his findings on the struggles of the U.S. Mint in the first half of the 19th century and the underestimated impact that the 1848 discovery of gold in California had upon such a financial institution and, consequently, our nation as a...

This book is 252 pages in size, and contains the following: - All of the over 1000 obverse and reverse engravings of coins and tokens found in P.N. Breton?s 1894 guide. - All of the 198 original pages of this guide have been reproduced, with 54 pages added for pricing and for a Breton Number look-up index. - The Breton numbering system used by collectors and dealers for referencing pre 20 thcentury Canadian coins. - 400 engravings of 207 different medals. - The prices paid for coins, tokens...

Welcome to Warman's Antiques & Collectibles 2019, a rich and beautiful interpretation of this amazing field. Established in 1948, Warman's sole purpose these past 70 years is to inform, enthuse and interpret the dynamic world of collecting. And to do it all with flair and insight. New this year in hardcover and showcasing a delightfully redesigned approach, Warman's Antiques & Collectibles draws from a national and international cast of experts to provide insider information, perspective,...

Learn about America the Beautiful QuartersWritten to teach children about the joy of collecting America the Beautiful National Park Quarters and coin collecting in general.

Do you like American history, beautiful artwork, and stories of gold and silver treasure? Read the Almanac from cover to cover for an immersion in the coins and money of the United Stats, from colonial times to today. Have you found some unusual coins in Grandpa's old cigar box or a hidden stash in a desk drawer? Browse the Almanac to identify your coins, learn how rare they are, and find out what they're worth. You could be holding a valuable rarity! Are you a coin collector who wants to...

"The hugely popular American Gold Eagle and American Platinum Eagle coins are collected by numismatists, stockpiled by investors, and treasured by precious metal buyers throughout the United States and around the world. Now no less an expert than Edmund Moy - director of the u.S. Mint from 2006 to 2011 - shares his unique insight and perspective on these beautiful pieces of Americana. Moy draws on his experience directing the Mint during a turbulent period of unprecedented growth, when silver,...

This comprehensive and easy-to-use guide provides the official ANA grading standards for every U.S. coin minted since 1793. This book is valuable to beginners and advanced collectors, it offers everything you need to grade coins like an expert.

Touches upon every aspect of ancient coinage.The Handbook of Ancient Greek and Roman Coins combines the two main references that collectors have depended on for nearly forty years in the study of ancient Greek and Roman coins. The book touches upon every aspect of ancient coinage, from how the pieces were made to what their symbolism meant to the people who used them. It contains all the information needed to properly identify the attribute coins to that era. Beginning and advanced collectors...

This book features many new double dies, misplaced dates, repunched mintmark's and repunched dates that until now have never been published in any other book.

A complete refrence guide for Barbed Half Dollars. There are many new doubled dies, misplaced dates, repunched marks, and repunched dates which have never been published in any other book. Included also is a detailed description, diagnostics, pricing, cross references, and comments.