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This comprehensive guide takes the reader on a journey through history, providing an in-depth look at the icons of sport, captured through their greatest collectibles. Composed by the leading experts in the field, never before has one book covered such a variety of hobby subjects. For those interested in building a fine collection of sports memorabilia, from trading cards to autographs to game-used bats and more, each subject is covered in great detail. Within each chapter; the best of the...

Information essential for purchasing Barber coinage. Includes history, rarity ratings, and date and mint mark analysis.

A history and complete overview to grading, rarity and investment potential of Franklin half dollars.

Covers all United States Federal Currency since 1812. Features, data, information, values, and more. The first major change in U.S. paper money since 1928.

An intricate and thorough account of the history of counterfeit money from both sides of the coin. For collectors and historians alike.For centuries legitimate authorities and equally determined rogues have fought in an attempt to improve (or copy) the technology and security of paper money. Now, in Counterfeiting and Technology, their stories are captured in vivid detail from colonial times to the present. Paper-money historian Bob McCabe explores the lives of the innovators who made...

Top 100 Insights and Value Guide quarterly newsletter. First Fall, 1997 Value Guide with prices for Top 100 Morgan dollars as well as a current Value Guide to compare how the Top 100 have changed.

Design Your Own Cent Folder: My Cent CollectionA fun and informative way to spark your child's interest in coin collecting! These creative packages each come with a 3-panel coin folder that your child can decorate with sticker sheets, markers and crayons. (All included!) There is also a fold out map where they can pinpoint locations they have been or would like to visit. Let them color, decorate, and even label their own coin collections as their journey into numismatics begins! ...

A fun and informative way to spark your child's interest in coin collecting! These creative packages each come with a 3-panel coin folder that your child can decorate with sticker sheets, markers and crayons. (All included!) There is also a fold out map where they can pinpoint locations they have been or would like to visit. Let them color, decorate, and even label their own coin collections as their journey into numismatics begins!

Printing quantities for nearly all issues - a guide to rarity. Dealer pricing for all federal notes, 1861 ot date, $1 to $10,000. History and values for Contintental Currency, War of 1812 notes, Fractional Currency, encased postage stamps, star notes, mules, error notes, and more. Auction data, market commentary, more than thousands of prices and values, multiple grades, a bibliography, extensive endnotes.

David L. Ganz, who has written about coins and coin collecting for the last 40 years, shows investors in this guide how to begin, build and maintain a properly diversified collection. Moreover, he presents in this The Essential Guide to Investing in Precious Metals the ways to add precious metals to a personal portfolio. Gold and silver have been king and queen of metals for centuries. Today, they are joined by platinum and palladium in the precious metals arena. They are traded in the form of...

At 34 chapters and nearly 700 pages, it covers everything from grading to determining values to techniques of smart auction bidding.

A wealth of information and superb photography to aid in the identification of Flying Eagle and Indian Cent die varieties.

This book tells the inside story of one of the most popular series of modern gold and silver coins - the Chinese Panda. Inside you will find Large photos of Gold, Silver, Platinum Panda coins from 1982-2013 Mintage and population figures - the keys to understanding rarity Weights and fineness for each coin What to look for and what to avoid Bonus section on Chinese Unicorn coins For anyone interested in Panda coins the Gold and Silver Panda Coin Buyers Guide 3rd Edition is 368 pages of...

Many collectors of branch mint gold will find great value in this updated edition, with revised condition census estimates and the latest auction and sale prices for Dahlonega gold dollars, quarter eagles, three dollar pieces and half eagles. And, the new edition is in full color!

Doug Winter's Definative Series on Branch Mint Gold! New in this expanded 3rd edition of Gold Coins of the Charlotte Mint is up-to-date information on rarity estimates, surviving specimens, and condition census. This book analyzes each issue for Strike, Surfaces, Luster and Color. Douglas Winter also offers his personal expert advice and observations, and a brief overview of die varieties for all C Mint Gold Dollars, Quarter Eagles and Half Eagles from 1838 to 1861. This latest work is...

On every continent. In more than 50 countries. Wherever gold coins are bought and sold. The world standard reference. New. Revised. Expanded. Now, bigger and more complete than ever! The indispensable classic reference: 832 pages, completely revised and updated. More than 8,500 photos, nearly ALL of them new. 2,000+ listings of coin types, with sections expanded and hundreds of new listings. Ottoman Empire coinage completely revised. From the 6th cent. BC to date, over 2,500 years of gold...

Take a personal guided tour of the silver or gold market. Learn how to sell without losing your shirt; how to make smart decisions when you buy; the best kinds to invest in; traps and pitfalls to avoid; how to grade collectible coins; and much more. This interactive book includes handy pullouts with valuable insider information�take them with you when you buy or sell! Bullion value charts, coinage specifications, weight conversion tables, and much more. Jeff Garett ISBN: 0794845320 Pub Date:...

This is a 6x9 spiral bound book.A unique combination of step-by-step grading instructions for every federal coinage series from half cents to double eagles, plus information on the history and importance of grading; expert grading techniques; understanding the surfaces of coins; and smart grading and buying. In the 2nd edition of Grading Coins by Photographs, Q. David Bowers, provides insightful information combined with enlarged high-resolution color photographs for each grade, plus Proofs....

Q David Bowers authored A Guide Book of Buffalo and Jefferson Nickels. Full color illustrations, information, market values, and more regarding the Buffalo and Jefferson nickels, among of the most popular types of coins. ISBN: 0794845223 Pub Date: 7/15/2017 Edition: 2nd Binding: Paperback Size: 6x9 Pages: 320

Q. David Bowers's best-selling and award-winning Guide Book of Civil War Tokens has been updated and expanded (32 additional pages) in a new second edition. It includes recent re-search findings, more illustrations, and updated pricing in multiple grades. Also new in the second edition: chapters on sutler tokens and encased postage stamps. Civil War tokens are tangible reminders of American history. These small, cent-sized to-kens served as emergency money during the small-change shortage of...

In his new Guide Book of Counterfeit Confederate Currency, George Tremmel updates his ground-breaking note-by-note research, and expands into counterfeit bonds, shinplasters, and Treasury note sheets. Along the way he immerses the reader in an engaging history of the events and people involved in the production and passing of counterfeits during the Civil War, and the countermeasures the Confederate Treasury Department took to protect its paper money. 352 Pages, Full-Color.

In A Guide Book of Flying Eagle and Indian Head Cents, third edition, award-winning author Richard Snow examines the Flying Eagle and Indian Head cents of 1856 to 1909, exploring mintages, challenges for the collector, and interesting varieties. His date-by-date research is enhanced by historical essays as well as an engaging overview of the series by the "dean of American numismatics," Q. David Bowers. High-quality, full-color photographs illustrate each coin. Snow's detailed research...

A Guide Book of Franklin and Kennedy Half Dollars was the award-winning 15th entry in Whitman's best-selling Bowers Series of numismatic reference books. The first two editions filled a gap in the hobby literature. Now renowned author, researcher, and coin dealer Rick Tomaska has updated the book to a third edition, with new content and expanded and revised information for collectors and investors. Franklin half dollars (1948 to 1963) and Kennedy half dollars (1964 to date) are affordable...