Check Lists and Consumer Guides

Don't lose track of your collection-stay organized with the Check List and Record Book of United States and Canadian Coins. 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, shops, and auctions 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...

A peek at the birth of making money in 19th century numismatics through reprinted Harper's News Magazine Articles and other important historical documents.

Tom Bilotta is an experienced numismatist and writer and has been a publisher of coin-collecting software for more than 20 years. In this new book he brings that experience to a valuable discussion of collecting curing a hobbyist's olden years. "Coin collecting during retirement poses specialized challenges and opportunities," Bilotta says. He explores these issues in depth and guides his readers toward building their collections for later allocation to their heirs. "retirement is a time to...

Book offers a variety of topics, from the do's and the don'ts of collecting and how to properly store your coins, to hints on attending coin shows, buying coins through the mail and how to grade different types and denominations.

Q. David Bowers shares more than 60 years of experience as a coin collector, professional dealer, published author and researcher, and past president of the American Numismatic Association. Learn how to build a meaningful and significant coin collection on any budget, for your own pleasure, for investment purposes, to share a fun hobby with your friends and family, and to explore history, art, commerce, technology, and many other areas of interest that are touched by coins. This delightful...

Inside, you'll find a full-color, state-of-the-market, authoritative treasure map to discovering riches in the most widely collecting field in the country. Covering everything from the evolution of US money to the latest in minted coins, the Pickers Pocket Guide is educational, lively and invaluable for collectors and seekers of riches of all levels. Highlighting coins and paper money, you will enjoy the "two-for-one" coverage of coins and paper money�unique in the market. ...

In this updated 2nd edition of the award winning book, Robert W Shippee reveals how he got serious about building a menaingful collection of rare coins. His carefully assembled Waccabuc Collection of half cents through $20 gold double eagles sold at public auction for a profitable $1.5 million! The first edition quickly became one of the most talked-about books on collecting and investing in US coins. Longtime hobbyist read ti and said "I wish I'd had a guide like this when I started...

As the old saying goes, "Find a penny, pick it up, and all day long you'll have good luck." Now Kenneth Bressett, former president of the American Numismatic Association, has written the definitive reference to finding just how lucky you can be as a coin collector. From how to get started in the hobby to how to care for a collection, with full explanations of grading techniques and standards, coin prices, and values, the Whitman Guide to Coin Collecting addresses everything clearly and with...

The Whitman Pocket Checklist of United States Coins is an easy way for collectors to keep track of their U.S. coin collections. Each pocket guide packs a lot of information into one handy resource you can carry. You can take it to coin shows and shops while you're looking for your next purchase. The spiral binding allows you to easily flip it open for note-taking. There is plenty of room to write down things on the inside like when and where you bought each coin, its grade, the price you paid,...

The Whitman Pocket Checklist of United States Coins is an easy way for collectors to keep track of their U.S. coin collections. Each pocket guide packs a lot of information into one handy resource you can carry. You can take it to coin shows and shops while you're looking for your next purchase. The spiral binding allows you to easily flip it open for note-taking. There is plenty of room to write down things on the inside like when and where you bought each coin, its grade, the price you paid,...

The Whitman Pocket Checklist of United States Coins is an easy way for collectors to keep track of their U.S. coin collections. Each pocket guide packs a lot of information into one handy resource you can carry. You can take it to coin shows and shops while you're looking for your next purchase. The spiral binding allows you to easily flip it open for note-taking. There is plenty of room to write down things on the inside like when and where you bought each coin, its grade, the price you paid,...

The Whitman Pocket Checklist of United States Coins is an easy way for collectors to keep track of their U.S. coin collections. Each pocket guide packs a lot of information into one handy resource you can carry. You can take it to coin shows and shops while you're looking for your next purchase. The spiral binding allows you to easily flip it open for note-taking. There is plenty of room to write down things on the inside like when and where you bought each coin, its grade, the price you paid,...

The Whitman Pocket Checklist of United States Coins is an easy way for collectors to keep track of their U.S. coin collections. Each pocket guide packs a lot of information into one handy resource you can carry. You can take it to coin shows and shops while you're looking for your next purchase. The spiral binding allows you to easily flip it open for note-taking. There is plenty of room to write down things on the inside like when and where you bought each coin, its grade, the price you paid,...