Publisher's Synopsis
Each year since 1942, The Handbook of United States Coins - THE OFFICIAL BLUE BOOK(R) - has helped U.S. coin dealers and hobbyists with current wholesale values for collectible U.S. coins. The new, 82nd edition has clear, easy-to-follow grading information for each series, and prices dealers are paying in multiple grades per coin. Its price listings offer a real-world look at the coin market, gathered from professional dealers around the country.
Inside, you will find the average dealer buying prices for American coins from 1616 to today; a 16-page full-color section on collecting Abraham Lincoln cents; historical information and specifications on each coin; actual-size photographs of hundreds of coins; grading and collecting tips; how coins are produced; detailed mintage records; the top 25 U.S. coin prices realized at auction; colonial and early American coins; federal coins; commemoratives; Proof and Mint sets; die varieties; State, National Park, and American Women quarters; Presidential, Native American, and American Innovation dollars; private and territorial gold; the Philippines; tokens; and much more!
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- Contributors
- How to Use This Book
- Collecting Coins
- PRE-FEDERAL ISSUES
- Colonial Issues
- Post-Colonial Issues
- FEDERAL ISSUES
- Contract Issues and Patterns
- Half Cents (1793-1857)
- Large Cents (1793-1857)
- Small Cents (1856 to Date)
- Two-Cent Pieces (1864-1873)
- Three-Cent Pieces (1851-1889)
- Nickel Five-Cent Pieces (1866 to Date)
- Half Dimes (1794-1873) 81 Dimes (1796 to Date)
- Twenty-Cent Pieces (1875-1878)
- Quarter Dollars (1796 to Date)
- Half Dollars (1794 to Date)
- Silver and Related Dollars (1794 to Date)
- Gold Dollars (1849-1889)
- Quarter Eagles (1796-1929)
- Three-Dollar Gold Pieces (1854-1889)
- Four-Dollar Gold Pieces or "Stellas" (1879-1880)
- Half Eagles (1795-1929)
- Eagles (1795-1933)
- Double Eagles (1849-1933)
- Commemoratives (1892 to Date)
- Proof and Mint Sets (1936 to Date)
- BULLION
- Silver Bullion (1986 to Date)
- Gold Bullion (1986 to Date)
- Platinum and Palladium Bullion (1997 to Date)
- OTHER ISSUES
- Private and Territorial Gold
- Private Tokens
- Philippine Issues
- APPENDICES
- A: Bullion Values of Common Silver and Gold Coins
- B: Collectible Blue Books
- C: Top 25 U.S. Coin Prices Realized at Auction
- GLOSSARY
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
- SPECIAL FEATURES
- Collecting Abraham Lincoln Cents
