Author: Kenneth E. Bressett
Publisher: Whitman Publishing
ISBN: 9780794845216
Category : Coins
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
As the old saying goes, "Find a penny, pick it up, and all day long you'll have good luck." Now Kenneth Bressett, senior editor of the Guide Book of United States Coins (the "Red Book") and former president of the American Numismatic Association, has written the definitive reference to finding just how lucky you can be as a coin collector. From how to get started in the hobby to caring for your collection, with full explanations of grading standards, coin prices, and how to buy and sell, the Whitman Guide to Coin Collecting addresses everything clearly and with easy-to-follow detail. Squarely aimed at newcomers, this is a guide that covers all the different aspects of coin collecting-and in doing so brings a fun and potentially lucrative hobby home to readers everywhere. Book jacket.
The Whitman Guide to Coin Collecting
Author: Kenneth Bressett
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 9780307480088
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
A beginner's guide to coin-collecting--how to get started, how to care for your collection, grading techniques, coin prices & values, commemorative & special coins, counterfeit & altered coins.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 9780307480088
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
A beginner's guide to coin-collecting--how to get started, how to care for your collection, grading techniques, coin prices & values, commemorative & special coins, counterfeit & altered coins.
Collecting Coins in Retirement
Author: Tom Bilotta
Publisher: Whitman Publishing
ISBN: 9780794843779
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
For more than 20 years, professional numismatist Tom Bilotta has worked closely with retirement-age hobbyists, and now shares his insight into retirees' wants and needs in this step-by-step guidebook. Bilotta coaches the long-time collector toward increased enjoyment of the hobby and helps plan for the future. He also assists the family member of a collector learn how to wisely manage an inherited coin collection.
Publisher: Whitman Publishing
ISBN: 9780794843779
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
For more than 20 years, professional numismatist Tom Bilotta has worked closely with retirement-age hobbyists, and now shares his insight into retirees' wants and needs in this step-by-step guidebook. Bilotta coaches the long-time collector toward increased enjoyment of the hobby and helps plan for the future. He also assists the family member of a collector learn how to wisely manage an inherited coin collection.
Collecting Rare Coins for Pleasure and Profit
Author: Whitman Publishing
Publisher: Whitman Publishing
ISBN: 9780794834067
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A guide to coin collecting for beginners. Everything from buying tips to coin storage. This title will cover all the basics that beginning collectors need to know.
Publisher: Whitman Publishing
ISBN: 9780794834067
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A guide to coin collecting for beginners. Everything from buying tips to coin storage. This title will cover all the basics that beginning collectors need to know.
Album, American Women Quarters Album
Author: Whitman Publishing
Publisher: Whitman Publishing
ISBN: 9780794849498
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The United States Mint (Mint) is pleased to announce the official designs for the first five coins in the American Women Quarters Program. Authorized by Public Law 116-330, this four-year program features coins with reverse (tails) designs emblematic of the accomplishments and contributions of trailblazing American women. Beginning in 2022 and continuing through 2025, the Mint will issue five quarters in each of these years. The ethnically, racially, and geographically diverse group of individuals honored through this program reflects a wide range of accomplishments and fields, including suffrage, civil rights, abolition, government, humanities, science, space, and the arts. The 2022 coins recognize the achievements of Maya Angelou, Dr. Sally Ride, Wilma Mankiller, Nina Otero-Warren, and Anna May Wong.
Publisher: Whitman Publishing
ISBN: 9780794849498
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The United States Mint (Mint) is pleased to announce the official designs for the first five coins in the American Women Quarters Program. Authorized by Public Law 116-330, this four-year program features coins with reverse (tails) designs emblematic of the accomplishments and contributions of trailblazing American women. Beginning in 2022 and continuing through 2025, the Mint will issue five quarters in each of these years. The ethnically, racially, and geographically diverse group of individuals honored through this program reflects a wide range of accomplishments and fields, including suffrage, civil rights, abolition, government, humanities, science, space, and the arts. The 2022 coins recognize the achievements of Maya Angelou, Dr. Sally Ride, Wilma Mankiller, Nina Otero-Warren, and Anna May Wong.
Cherrypickers' Guide to Rare Die Varieties of United States Coins
Author: Bill Fivaz
Publisher: Whitman Publishing
ISBN: 9780794832391
Category : Coins
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher: Whitman Publishing
ISBN: 9780794832391
Category : Coins
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A Guide Book of Modern United States Dollar Coins
Author: Q. David Bowers
Publisher: Whitman Publishing
ISBN: 9780794843984
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Eisenhower, Susan B. Anthony, Saeagawea, Native American, and Presidential dollar coins are the modern versions of America's classic silver dollar. The U.S. Mint produces them by the millions, in innovative formats and with fascinating new designs every year. Hobbyists research their history, build visually appealing sets, compete in registries, and study errors and interesting the varieties. Author Q. David Bowers, the "Dean of American Numismatics," has visited each of the U.S. Mint's currently operating facilities and has interviewed their experts. He has gathered market analysis from specialist in each series, and to this research he adds more than 60 years of in-depth study of all aspects of American coin design, production, and distribution. This definitive reference book includes a study of earlier silver dollars (1794-1935); an overview of the American scene from 1971 to date, setting the cons in their historical context; and full coin-by-coin studies of Eisenhower, Anthony, Sacagawea, Native American, and Presidential dollars. Bowers augments this study with a richly illustrated catalog of modern dollar errors and a gallery of "what might gave been"-proposed Native American dollar designs. The book's scholarly value is further strengthened by the author's notes, a selected bibliography, and a full index. Book jacket.
Publisher: Whitman Publishing
ISBN: 9780794843984
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Eisenhower, Susan B. Anthony, Saeagawea, Native American, and Presidential dollar coins are the modern versions of America's classic silver dollar. The U.S. Mint produces them by the millions, in innovative formats and with fascinating new designs every year. Hobbyists research their history, build visually appealing sets, compete in registries, and study errors and interesting the varieties. Author Q. David Bowers, the "Dean of American Numismatics," has visited each of the U.S. Mint's currently operating facilities and has interviewed their experts. He has gathered market analysis from specialist in each series, and to this research he adds more than 60 years of in-depth study of all aspects of American coin design, production, and distribution. This definitive reference book includes a study of earlier silver dollars (1794-1935); an overview of the American scene from 1971 to date, setting the cons in their historical context; and full coin-by-coin studies of Eisenhower, Anthony, Sacagawea, Native American, and Presidential dollars. Bowers augments this study with a richly illustrated catalog of modern dollar errors and a gallery of "what might gave been"-proposed Native American dollar designs. The book's scholarly value is further strengthened by the author's notes, a selected bibliography, and a full index. Book jacket.
A Guide Book of United States Coins 2008
Author: RICHARD S. YEOMAN
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coins, American
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coins, American
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
A Guide Book of Franklin and Kennedy Half Dollars
Author: Rick Tomaska
Publisher: Whitman Publishing
ISBN: 9780794836665
Category : Coins, American
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In A Guide Book of Franklin and Kennedy Half Dollars, Tomaska explores the rationales behind the coins' values, and gives added commentary on exceptional and highly toned specimens. Along the way, he explores transitions in Mint craftsmanship and reveals why Franklin and Kennedy half dollars represent the end of an era. Study the histories of these coins and of the statesmen they commemorate. Explore how Proof coins are made. Learn the inside story on how Proofs are graded. Enjoy the detailed, illustrated guide to "Full Bell Lines" Franklin halves.
Publisher: Whitman Publishing
ISBN: 9780794836665
Category : Coins, American
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In A Guide Book of Franklin and Kennedy Half Dollars, Tomaska explores the rationales behind the coins' values, and gives added commentary on exceptional and highly toned specimens. Along the way, he explores transitions in Mint craftsmanship and reveals why Franklin and Kennedy half dollars represent the end of an era. Study the histories of these coins and of the statesmen they commemorate. Explore how Proof coins are made. Learn the inside story on how Proofs are graded. Enjoy the detailed, illustrated guide to "Full Bell Lines" Franklin halves.
A Guide Book of Half Cents and Large Cents, 1st Edition
Author: Q. David Bowers
Publisher: Whitman Publishing
ISBN: 9780794843168
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Volume #19 in Whitman's best-selling Bowers Series covers two of the earliest U.S. coin denominations: half cents and large cents. These classic copper coins were made from 1793 into the late 1850s. In this colorfully illustrated book, America's popular early coppers are given the famous Q. David Bowers treatment: insightful study, rich historical background, and detailed data analysis. Bowersthe "Dean of American Numismatics" and the most prolific numismatic author of all timetells you everything you need to know to be a smart collector: how to evaluate quality, determine value, understand the market, and make good buys. Along the way, he explains why, in all of American coinage, half cents and large cents possess a special charm. You'll learn how the history of the developing nation shaped the coins' designs and production, and the effects the War of 1812 and other national events on their coinage. Bowers provides a wealth of information on each issue: mintages, existing populations, grading standards, values, auction records, keys to collecting and more. Historical background sets the coins in the broader context of American life from the 1790s through the 1850s. Hundreds of full-color images, careful analysis, and Bowers' engaging style make this book a treat for anyone interested in our nation's early history.
Publisher: Whitman Publishing
ISBN: 9780794843168
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Volume #19 in Whitman's best-selling Bowers Series covers two of the earliest U.S. coin denominations: half cents and large cents. These classic copper coins were made from 1793 into the late 1850s. In this colorfully illustrated book, America's popular early coppers are given the famous Q. David Bowers treatment: insightful study, rich historical background, and detailed data analysis. Bowersthe "Dean of American Numismatics" and the most prolific numismatic author of all timetells you everything you need to know to be a smart collector: how to evaluate quality, determine value, understand the market, and make good buys. Along the way, he explains why, in all of American coinage, half cents and large cents possess a special charm. You'll learn how the history of the developing nation shaped the coins' designs and production, and the effects the War of 1812 and other national events on their coinage. Bowers provides a wealth of information on each issue: mintages, existing populations, grading standards, values, auction records, keys to collecting and more. Historical background sets the coins in the broader context of American life from the 1790s through the 1850s. Hundreds of full-color images, careful analysis, and Bowers' engaging style make this book a treat for anyone interested in our nation's early history.
Whitman Encyclopedia of Colonial and Early American Coins
Author: Q. David Bowers
Publisher: Whitman Publishing
ISBN: 9780794825416
Category : Coins
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The coins and tokens of colonial America and the early United States present a unique chronicle of our nation's birth. This comprehensive guide provides an authoritative reference on all pre-Federal coinage.
Publisher: Whitman Publishing
ISBN: 9780794825416
Category : Coins
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The coins and tokens of colonial America and the early United States present a unique chronicle of our nation's birth. This comprehensive guide provides an authoritative reference on all pre-Federal coinage.