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2009 Redbook Hardcover
(A guidebook to U.S. coins) |
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The Official Red Book®—A Guide Book of United
States Coins—enters its 62nd year with no signs of
slowing down! Americans nationwide look to this
"one-volume library" to tell them how rare their coins
are and how much they're worth. Collectors rely on it
for its full-color photographs and detailed technical
data. The Red Book covers the history and values of
colonial and early American coins, half cents through
silver dollars and gold, commemoratives, Proof and Mint
sets, errors, Civil War tokens, territorial gold, state
quarters, Presidential dollars, and other U.S. coins,
with practical essays on grading, investing, auctions,
and more. Pricing for more than 6,000 coins, more than
700 full-color photographs, updated values, mintages,
and auction records. Expanded coverage of
commemoratives, sets, and other coins. New state
quarters and Presidential dollars. Full Color. 432
Pages. Hard Cover. Bressett.
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2009 Redbook Spiral bound
(A guidebook to U.S. coins) |
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::: NEW FEATURES FOR 2009 INCLUDE ::: |
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Pricing for more than 6,000 individual coins |
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More than 700 new full-color photographs |
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Updated mintages and coin values |
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New auction records, additional pattern pieces,
expanded coverage of Civil War tokens, and the
latest commemoratives, sets, and other coins. |
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Full color throughout; illustrated; 416 pages |
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2008 Handbook of United States Coins
(Bluebook) |
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The Blue Book of United States Coins is the #1
guide for dealer buying costs. This 64th edition
contains information on grading and collecting tips,
complete mintage records, important historical
information, and the latest average dealer buying prices
for all U. S. Coins dated back from 1616 to present. It
also features hundreds of detailed actual-size
photographs for easy identification and is by far, the
most consistent data complied by more than 50 coin-elite
contributors. Note: This is not a retail price list, but
the average amount dealers will pay (according to the
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2008 Blackbook of U.S. Coins |
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Coins, even pocket change, can be worth a lot
more than their face value. For over forty years, the
Official Blackbook Price Guide to United States Coins
has been the sourcebook that experts and novice coin
collectors choose for the latest trends in U.S. coins.
This guide includes the history of the American
Numismatic Association, the difference between U.S.
Proof and U.S. Mint Sets, and every U.S. coin ever
minted. Packed with prices, tips on buying and
selling, and hundreds of coin photos, this book will
help you evaluate your own collection and find new
treasures. |
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An Updated Market Review That Traces Current
Trends in Collecting and Investing |
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Exhaustive Information on All Kinds of Rare and
Mint Errors |
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A Fast-Find Coin Index Listing Every Coin
Variation for Quick Easy Access |
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Fully Illustrated to Make Coin Identification a
Snap |
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An Official Whitman Guidebook
Coins; Questions and Answers |
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This book provides detailed answers to hundreds of
the most commonly asked questions about the world of
numismatics, giving coin collectors a feel for the
historical significance of coins.
It is filled with hundreds of photos and interesting
subjects that have puzzled collectors for decades.
Authored by Clifford Mishler. |
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Whitman Guide to Coin Collecting
A beginners guide to the world of coins |
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Authored by Kenneth Bressett , this is an up-to-date,
comprehensive guide that explains everything a new collector
needs to know. You will learn about getting started in the
hobby, mint marks, varieties, and what makes a coin valuable.
It also contains information on how to care for your
collection, grading, where to find valuable coins and how to
identify counterfeit and altered coins. |
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NGC Grading Guide
for modern U.S. coins |
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The
Numismatic Guaranty Corporation grades countless
coins and now shares years of experience and
knowledge with all collectors. This
instructional guide gives informative data on
what to look for when buying graded modern U.S.
coins. The book will teach you how to identify
and grade coins. This 1st edition is ideal for
any beginner or experienced coin collector. |
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144 Pages |
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Grading Tips |
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Census Reports |
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Spiral Binding |
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Photograde
The official photographic grading guide for United
States Coins |
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From the Publisher... The single most useful book you
can own to learn the essentials of coin grading,
Photograde was designated in 1972 as an Official Grading
Guide by the American Numismatic Association. |
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The
Official American Numismatic Association Grading
Standards for U.S. Coins |
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Learn how to grade your U.S. coins quickly and
accurately. Beginners, advanced collectors, and dealers
will all find the text understandable and invaluable for
grading coins. |
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Every standard grade is
illustrated and described in
detail. |
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Every coin is studied, from half
cents to gold double eagles.
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Text descriptions of 30 levels
help you pinpoint grades from
poor to perfect Mint State.
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High-resolution photographs show
you exactly what to look for.
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All 11 levels of Mint State are
discussed in detail, as are
proof designations. |
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A special 16-page full-color
section highlights toning and
other areas of interest.
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United States Coin Collector
Checklist and Record Book |
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The checklist gives detailed photos, complete mint
records, lists regular issues and recent proof sets.
(pocket size)
Measures about 2¼ X 4¼ inches and fits easily into your
shirt pocket. |
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The Official Red Book Series |
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The Official Red Book
Collector's Inventory of United States Coins |
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This publication is a convenient way to keep track of
your U.S. coin collection.
Its slim size packs a lot of
information into one handy resource that you can carry
in your pocket or bag.
Take it to coin shows and shops
while you're on the hunt for your next numismatic
acquisition.
The book's spiral binding allows you to
easily flip it open for note taking.
Inside you'll find
plenty of room to write down when and where you bought
each coin, its grade, the price you paid, who sold it,
and any other information you want to record.
This publication includes:
Actual-Size Illustrations
Complete Mintage Records
Details About Every Coin
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The Official Red Book of
United States Type Coins |
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This comprehensive 288-page full-color book details how
to begin the ideal numismatic pursuit: a collection of
United States coins by type.
Whether you decide to collect from the beginning of
United States coins in the late 1700s, or if you choose
coins from the 1800s and 1900s, this book will provide
you the reference tools you need: mintages, grades,
collecting tips, prices, and more, all in one essential
historical reference and price guide.
Author: Q. David Bowers |
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The Official Red Book
A Guidebook to Lincoln Cents |
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Generations of coin collectors have grown up with the
Lincoln cent.
Now, as the coin nears its 100th anniversary (and the
bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth), Q. David
Bowers provides a detailed study of this great American
classic—our longest-running coin series.
The book includes history, grading, varieties, a
thorough market analysis for each date and mintmark, and
a special appendix on error coins.
Bowers even gives a sneak preview of what the U.S. Mint
has in store with a 2009 redesign.
304 pages. Full color.
6 x 9. Softcover.
Forward by Charles Daughtrey. |
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The Official Red Book
A Guidebook to Double Eagle Gold Coins |
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A Complete History and Price Guide By Q. David Bowers.
Contains over 250 pages
Year by year historical analysis of each Double Eagle
minted
Comprehensive pricing for multiple grades
Complete mintage figures
Certified population reports
8 page color photo spread |
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The Official Red Book
A Guidebook to Flying Eagle
& Indian Head Cents |
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This book provides complete history and price guide on
Indian and Flying Eagle Cents.
This is a great addition to the Official Red Book Price
Guide Series.
Author Richard Snow. |
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The Official Red Book
A Guidebook of Shield and
Liberty Head Nickels |
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Lavishly illustrated in full color, A Guide Book of
Shield and Liberty Head Nickels features enlargements
for important overdates and other varieties, plus
actual-size photographs of every coin in the Shield and
Liberty Head series.
These popular coins are given the famous Bowers
treatment: insightful study, lots of fascinating
historical background, and good storytelling.
Certified and field populations, historical and current
market values, and auction records add to the book’s
reference value. The chapter on five-cent pattern
pieces, with brand-new research from experts in the
field, is alone worth the “price of admission”!
Four special illustrated galleries round out the text
with a rollicking ride through the history of America’s
favorite coin-from nickelodeons to “a good five-cent
cigar”; from ice cream cones at Coney Island to silent
movies “Down at the Bijou Dream.”
Full color throughout; illustrated; 288 pages.
Trade paperback.
By Q. David Bowers; forward by Bill Fivaz. |
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The Official Red Book
A Guidebook of Buffalo
and Jefferson Nickels |
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This is the eighth entry in Whitman's Bower Series of
numismatic titles.
Lavishly illustrated in full color, the Guide Book of
Buffalo and Jefferson Nickels features high-resolution
enlargements for important overdates and other
varieties.
These popular coins are given the famous Bowers
treatment: insightful study, plenty of fascinating
historical background, and good storytelling.
Certified and surviving field populations, and
historical and current market prices add to the book's
reference value. Appendices cover error coins, pattern
Buffalo nickels, and the chronology of the nickel
five-cent piece.
Full color throughout; illustrated; indexed.
Paperback. 288 Pages. |
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The Official Red Book
A Guidebook of Washington
and State Quarters |
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The Guide Book of Washington and State Quarters—the most
recent addition to Whitman’s Bowers Series of numismatic
books—is an in-depth study of our nation’s most popular
modern coin.
It features the colorful historical research that
readers expect from Q. David Bowers (the “dean of
American numismatics”), including a biography of
America’s first president, the early years of the
quarter dollar, and the history of the Washington
quarter series starting in 1932.
Bowers shares secrets of being a smart buyer in today’s
market.
He analyzes each coin, date by date, from 1932 to 1998,
and focuses a comprehensive section on each state
quarter from 1999 to date. Certified and field
populations, historical and current market values, and
auction records add to the book’s reference value.
Full color throughout; illustrated; 288 pages.
Trade paperback. By Q. David Bowers; forward by
California state quarter designer Garrett Burke. |
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The Official Red Book
A Guidebook of Morgan Silver Dollars
(2nd Edition) |
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Americans love to collect the big Morgan silver dollar!
No other coin conjures up so much of the romance and
history of the United States.
In this second edition of his bestselling book, noted
numismatic historian Q. David Bowers offers an engaging
portrait of the country’s most popular classic coin.
You’ll learn what to look for when you buy, how to grade
your coins, and tips to become a smart collector.
A Guide Book of Morgan Silver Dollars, 2nd Edition also
includes a thorough market analysis for each date and
mintmark, plus a new section on never-circulated pattern
coins.
Author: Q. David Bowers |
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The Official Red Book
Modern United States
Proof Coin Sets |
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Proof sets offer the collector a chance to enjoy United
States coins at their finest.
It's no wonder they have reached new heights of
popularity in recent years.
In this detailed book, numismatic writer David W. Lange
offers a definitive history of the United States Mint's
Proof sets.
They are all here, from the vintage years of 1936 to
1942, through the classic years of 1950 to 1964, the
Special Mint Sets of 1965 to 1967, modern sets of 1968,
and the 50 State Quarters Proof Sets starting in 1999.
Completely Illustrated with full-color and
black-and-white photographs.
200 pages.
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The Official Red Book
United States Paper Money
(1861 - Date) |
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Building on the comprehensive scope of the classic
Friedberg text, Q. David Bowers has written a definitive
history of paper currency of the United States.
Every federal note--from the ultra rare Demand Notes of
1861 to the lunch money in your wallet today--is
described in detail. Bowers' engaging narrative captures
the romance and history of American paper money, and
also explores recent developments in the hobby and
market.
Combining the hobby-standard Friedberg numbering system
with retail prices and hundreds of color and
black-and-white photos, this book promises to be a
standard reference for years to come. |
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The Official Red Book
A Guidebook of Southern States Currency |
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Building on the classic foundation laid by Colonel
Grover Criswell, paper currency expert Hugh Shull
presents an authoritative guide to the state-issued
money of the South, from the pre-Civil War era through
the war years, and into the late 1800's.
Full Color, 488 Pages.
By Hugh Shull; Foreword by Q. David Bowers. Paperback |
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The Official Red Book
Counterfeit Confederate Currency |
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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.
Hardcover, 352 Pages, Full-Color. |
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Guidebook to United States Currency |
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