By J. Hewitt Judd, M.D., edited by Q. David Bowers.

Pattern Coins: rare, mysterious, and beautiful. These seldom-seen experimental pieces illustrate the trials, struggles, and back state intrigue that preceded so many of the U.S. Mint's regular-issue coins. Q. David Bowers offers a fascinating inside look at the history, rarity, and market values of America's rarest coins.

Hardcover, Full Color, 352 Pages.

By: Join Paul Rynearson

You'll explore Athenian owls, money of the Bible, Greek Imperial issues, and other classic coins. Soon you'll be ready to take your own journey to ancient Greece, and create a unique, highly personal, and rewarding coin collection.

Hardcover, Full color, 288 Pages.

By:  Q. David Bowers

2nd Edition. This comprehensive 288-page full-color book details how to begin the ideal numismatic pursuit: a collection of United States coins by type. Major updates to the 2nd edition are: new market values, new certified-coin population data, updated "Market Price Performance" charts, new coins, new section on "Great Collectors and Collections of the Past", new historical illustrations, updated auction records and a bullion-value chart. 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provide you the reference tools you need: mintages, grades, collecting tips, prices, and more, all in one essential historical reference and price guide.

By:  David W. Lange

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.

By:  Q. David Bowers    Foreword by: Donn Pearlman

Q. David Bowers brings history to life by connecting America's commemorative coinage to the people, places, and events they honored, and to the artists, promoters, and politicians who brought them from raw concept to finished coin. A Guide Book of United States Commemorative Coins explains how to build a collection of commemoratives, determining authenticity, analyzing strike and eye appeal, being a smart buyer, realities of the marketplace, comparative rarities, full details, certification, establishing fair market prices, and more.

288 pages; full-color; paperback.

By: Katherine Jaeger     Foreword by: Q. David Bowers

In the Guide Book of United States Tokens and Medals, award-winning author Katherine Jaeger explores these fascinating and collectible pieces of American history, from colonial times to today. Thousands of full-color illustrations, market values, and a grading guide add to the book's reference value. Essential reading for every coin collector and American history buff! Featuring images from the American Numismatic Society's Collection. 

304 Pages, Full Color.

By:  J. Hewitt Judd, MD

The hardcover book is a complete resource for the history, rarity, and values of these popular experimental pieces, from 1792 to 2000. "United States Pattern Coins illustrates the trails, struggles, and backstage intrigue that preceded so many of the United States Mint's regular issues. This is a fascinating inside look at America's rarest coins." At 352 pages, the fully illustrated ninth edition is 16 pages longer than the eighth (published in 2003). Q. David Bowers, the "dean of American numismatics," with the aid of preeminent experts in the field, builds upon the strong foundation originally laid by Dr. Judd in 1959.

By:  Kenneth Bressett

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.

        Every standard grade is illustrated and described in detail.

        Every coin is studied, from half cents to gold double eagles.

        Text descriptions of 30 levels help you pinpoint grades from poor to perfect Mint State.

        High-resolution photographs show you exactly what to look for.

        All 11 levels of Mint State are discussed in detail, as are proof designations.

        A special 16-page full-color section highlights toning and other areas of interest. (Spiral $16.95)

By:  Q. David Bowers

This book is a comprehensive insider's look at not only rare coins, but also tokens, medals, and paper money. At 34 chapters and nearly 700 pages, it covers everything from grading to determining values to techniques of smart auction bidding.
 

More than 1,300 photographs and illustrations, both black and white and in full-color galleries, complement the text, showing the people, places, and coins described. Bowers' engaging case studies, strategies, and insider tips make the book an invaluable "how to" for today's marketplace. Chapters are devoted to copper, nickel, silver, and gold coins; dynamics of the coin market; fads, trends, cycles, and predictions; conserving and protecting your collection; how to be a smart seller; and more. Paperback

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.

By:  Richard S. Montgomery and David W. Lange

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.

Also features: Grading Tips / Census Reports

Spiral Binding 144 Pages

By: Clifford Mishler

Coins: Questions and Answers provides detailed answers to hundreds of the most commonly asked questions about the world of money, giving readers a feel for the historical significance of coins - and covering challenging, interesting subjects that have puzzled collectors for decades. Filled with hundreds of photographs, the book answers questions about U.S. coins and paper money; Canadian, Mexican, and other world coins; tokens and medals; error coins; Confederate money; commemorative coins; collecting and investing; gold, silver, copper, nickel, and more.

Soft cover, 353 pages. Extensively illustrated.

The Check List and Record Book of United States and Canadian Coins is a convenient way to keep track of your coin collection. Its 6x9-inch size packs a lot of information into a handy resource that you can carry in your pocket or bag, or store in your safe deposit box. Take it to coin shows and shops while you're on the hunt for your next numismatic acquisition. Check each box as you add a coin to your collection or upgrade to a better specimen. You'll also find plenty of room to write notes on when and where you bought various coins, their grading, prices and any other information you want to record. Actual-Size Illustrations, Complete Mintage Records, Details About Every Coin, Half Cents to Gold Coins, 1790's to Date, Classic and Modern Commemoratives, Proof Sets and Mint Sets, Bullion, Medals and Tokens, Canadian Coins, 1850's to Date.

The checklist gives detailed photos, complete mint records, list regular issues, and recent proof sets. (Pocket Size)

Edited Kenneth Bressett

This book shows how to read Greek coins and covers methods for determining dates on Roman coins. It is profusely illustrated with sections on symbols, city names and mythological characters.

By: Bill Fivaz   Foreword by: Randy Campbell

Whitman's United States Gold Counterfeit Detection Guide is a full-color, 224-page reference for identifying fake gold coins, from dollars to double eagles. Detailed text and high-resolution close-up photographs show specific diagnostics for nearly 200 frequently encountered counterfeits. California fractional gold and commemoratives are also studied. The text includes expert advice from professional graders, authenticators, and dealers; more than two dozen "rules of thumb" (with illustrations); a glossary; an appendix of genuine U. S. gold coin specifications and tolerances; and another appendix of physical traits of genuine gold coins, with photo close-ups. The United States Gold Counterfeit Detection Guide is the first book of its kind for U. S. gold collectors, and promises to be a standard reference in the field.

Full color throughout; illustrated; 224 pages.

By: Jeff Garrett and Ron Guth  Foreword by: Dr. Richard Doty.

United States Gold Coins have seen a popularity boom in recent years. Thousands of new collectors have discovered their rich and fascinating history and appeal. Important collections, locked away for decades have come to light, and a new research has provided collectors and investors with a wealth of information previously unavailable. There has never been a better time to explore the wonderful field of United States gold coinage-and the Encyclopedia of U.S. Gold Coins 1795-1933 is your passport to that exploration.

Full Color. 656 Pages.

By:  Bill Fivaz and J.T. Stanton  Foreword by: Q. David Bowers.

The Cherrypickers' Guide to Rare Die Varieties, Fifth Edition, Volume I. This volume covers all United States series from half cents through nickel five-cent piece. The book is a result of many years of cumulative research and finessing by the lead authors, Bill Fivaz and J.T. Stanton, in cooperation with many collectors, scholars, dealers, and others in the numismatic community. It presents information unavailable in any other single source.

By: Bill Fivaz and J.T. Stanton. Foreword by: Q. David Bowers

Few Books have taken the coin-collecting community by storm like the Cherrypicker's Guide to Rare Die Varieties. This handy book tells you how to cherrypick rare coins - how to examine a collection of otherwise normal coins, looking for unusual characteristics: doubled and tripled dies, overdates, repunched mintmarks, and other factors that can reveal a common coins to be a rare and valuable variety.

Illustrated; 480 pages.

By: Kenneth Bressett

The 2nd edition of Money of the Bible is updated with new photographs and new research. The book studies how the Bible was written, and its nature; commerce before coins; coins of Old Testament times; coins in the New Testament; first-century money and trade; coins mentioned in Jesus' parables and lessons; coins and the Passion of Christ; the beginning of Christianity; coins with Biblical themes; and how to collect Biblical coins. A foreword by Dr. Paul Rynearson and a detailed index round out the text and full-color photographs.

Hardcover, 120 pages, Coffee-table format (10x12 inches), Fully Illustrated in Color.

By: Arthur Friedberg

This book contains replica coins from Biblical times. Included in the book is a Widow's Mite, Gold Daric, Lepton, Tribute Penny, Shekel and Half-Shekel.
Written by Arthur Friedberg, you will see how each coin reflects the politics of its time. The coins will be presented in a mostly chronological order. It would tke many hundreds of pages, far more than in this book, to present a comprehensive catalog of the coinage. This is rather a compendium of the money of biblical times, consisting mostly of those coins that would be most significant in the eyes of the reader.

Hardback, Color Illustrations, 106 Pages.

Authors: Ira Goldberg and Larry Goldberg

Money of the World: Coins That Made History illustrates how many coins were shaped by the development of Western Civilization-and how they sometimes helped shape it in turn. The Millennia Collection, illustrated throughout the book, tells the history of Western Civilization through significant coins of the realm. Each coin had to meet certain criteria before it could be added to the collection.

Hardback with dust cover, 320 pages, colored.

By:  R.S. Yeoman

A Catalog of Modern World Coins, 1850-1964. The 14th edition of R.S Yeoman's classic guide book has been fully updated with new photographs and retail valuations by coin type, in up to four grade levels. Editor Arthur Friedberg and his team of experts from around the globe provide an accurate snapshot of the exciting world-coin market. This handy volume is perfect for today's hobby: small enough to easily hold, carry, and read, but packed with photos, data, and valuations---the high-quality content and design that have made Whitman Publishing a hobby leader since the 1930s. "Who Should Read A Catalog of Modern World Coins?", Collectors looking for an accurate book on world coins, New hobbyists attracted to coins by the recent hot market, Dealers looking for a convenient type-coin guide - "OFEC" (One From Every Country) coin collectors, U.S. coin collectors looking to branch out into an interesting new field, Token and medal collectors intrigued by the connection to world coinage, Casual collectors and travelers with unidentified coins from other countries. "What Will I Find Inside?", A complete listing of coins of all countries from 1850 to the mid-1960s, Each type and date of coin grouped in chronological order, High-quality images in actual size, for quick identification, Retail values for circulated, Uncirculated, and Proof coins, Individual listings of rare and significant dates, with valuations, The official Y-number catalog system used to identify all world coin types.

544 Pages, 6x9, Softcover, B/W.

By: R. S. Yeoman  Edited by: Kenneth Bressett

The "Red Book" tells you how much you can expect to pay a coin dealer for the coins you need. But what if you have coins to sell? How do you know if the offer you've been given is fair? That's where the "Blue Book" comes in. Since 1942, the Handbook of United States Coins (called the "Blue Book" for its distinctive cover color) has been the annual reference used by U.S. coin dealers to make buying offers. Likewise, coin collectors use it to find out what dealers will pay for their coins. Its price listings offer a real-world look at the coin market, gathered from dozens of well-known and active dealers around the country.

Illustrated, 256 Pages.