The Official Red Book - A Guide Book of United States Coins - is 73 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...

" The Official Red Book(R)--A Guide Book of United States Coins--is 77 years young and going strong. Since 1946 collectors around the country have loved the book's grade-by-grade coin values, historical background, detailed specifications, high-resolution photographs, and accurate mintage data. How rare are your coins? How much are they worth? The 77th edition of the Red Book tells you, covering everything from early colonial copper tokens to hefty...

In this collector's guide, retired chief engraver of the Philadelphia Mint and designer of the reverse side of the American silver eagle bullion coin, John M. Mercanti, details the history and development of the American silver eagles program as well as other U.S. bullion coins and medals.

Relates the reasons why certain historical places and people have been honored by being depicted on American coins and paper money, interspersed with verses of original song lyrics to be sung to the tune of "This Old Man."

Presents a fascinating look into the history of the United States Mint. From its roots in the pre-colonial and colonial eras, through independence and confederation, the intrigues, tribulations, and triumphs of the 1800s, and into the modern day - through war, peace, famine, earthquakes, gold rushes, good times and bad - we follow the twists and turns of one of the federal goverment's most intriguing bureaus.

Has grade-by-grade values, auction records, historical background, detailed specifications, high-resolution photographs, and accurate mintage data. This volume covers everything from early colonial copper tokens to hefty Old West Silver dollars and dazzling gold coins. Includes 32,500+ prices for more than 7,600 coins, tokens, medals, sets, and other collectibles. Also has information on commemoratives, Proof and Mint coins, error coins, Civil War...