A guide book of United States coins

"The Official Red Book--A Guide Book of United States Coins--is 71 years young and going strong. Collectors around the country love the book's grade-by-grade values, auction records, historical background, detailed specifications, high-resolution photographs, and accurate mintage data. How rare are your coins? How much are they worth? The Red Book tells you. Covering everything from early colonial copper tokens to hefty Old West silver dollars and dazzling gold coins. You'll find 32,500+ prices for more than 7,600 coins, tokens, medals, sets, and other collectibles. You'll also round out your education in commemoratives, Proof and Mint coins, error coins, Civil War tokens, Confederate coins, private gold, and all the latest National Park quarters, Presidential and Native American dollars, Lincoln cents, and more. Articles on investing, grading coins, and detecting counterfeits will make you a savvy collector; and entertaining essays on the history of American coinage, shipwrecks and hoards, and the modern rare-coin market give you an inside look at "the hobby of kings." These are just some of the features of the informative, entertaining, invaluable Red Book . "--Amazon.com

At head of title: Official red book

"Fully illustrated catalog and retail valuation list--1556 to date."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-458) and index

Introduction -- Pre-federal issues -- Federal issues -- Bullion -- United States pattern pieces -- Other issues -- Appendices: Misstrikes and errors ; Collectible Red and Blue books ; Bullion values ; Top 250 coin prices realized at auction ; American arts gold medallions ; Modern U.S. Mint gold and silver medals -- Glossary

Notes

An unavoidable glare is present in most corners.

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