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