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Handb United States Coins 2025: The Official Blue Book

R. S. Yeoman

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

Book Details

  • Publisher: Whitman Publishing
  • Publish Date: May 14th, 2024
  • Pages: 312
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - 0082
  • Dimensions: 7.40in - 5.30in - 0.90in - 0.95lb
  • EAN: 9780794850654
  • Categories: Coins, Currency & Medals