Title:
A guide book of United States Coins. Mega red
ISBN:
9780794850197
Edition:
9th edition.
Expanded deluxe edition.
Physical Description:
1499 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
General Note:
"Expanded deluxe edition of the best-selling Red Book."--Title page.
"Special feature: $2/50 gold coins"--Cover.
Includes index.
Holds:
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Library | Call Number | Status |
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Searching... Oakdale Library | 737.4973 YEO 2024 | Searching... Unknown |
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Summary
Summary
Mega Red is the new expanded version of the hobby's best-selling Guide Book of United States Coins (the Red Book), with more pricing in more grades than the regular edition, plus certified population data, more die varieties, and more auction records. It covers American coinage from colonial times to the modern day-copper tokens and half cents through $20 gold double eagles, plus bullion, commemoratives, Proof and Mint sets, significant patterns and medals, error coins, and other collectibles. It has everything you need to know about U.S. coins.
Table of Contents
Credits and Acknowledgments | 12 |
How to Use this Book | 14 |
2023 Coin Market Report | 18 |
Collecting U.S. Coins | 20 |
A Seminar on the Grading of Coins | 21 |
Rare Coins as an Investment | 25 |
Aspects of Authenticity | 25 |
Cleaning, Conservation, and Preservation | 31 |
The History of Coins in America, 1607 to Date | 35 |
Pre-Federal Issues | 118 |
Colonial Issues | 118 |
Post-Colonial Issues | 143 |
Federal Issues | 179 |
Contract Issues and Patterns | 179 |
Half Cents | 185 |
Liberty Cap, Head Facing Left (1793) | 186 |
Liberty Cap, Head Facing Right (1794-1797) | 190 |
Draped Bust (1800-1808) | 194 |
Classic Head (1809-1836) | 199 |
Braided Hair (1840-1857) | 205 |
Large Cents | 210 |
Flowing Hair, Chain Reverse (1793) | 211 |
Flowing Hair, Wreath Reverse (1793) | 214 |
Liberty Cap (1793-1796) | 218 |
Draped Bust (1796-1807) | 223 |
Classic Head (1808-1814) | 231 |
Matron Head (1816-1839) | 235 |
Braided Hair (1839-1857) | 245 |
Small Cents | 252 |
Flying Eagle (1856-1858) | 253 |
Indian Head (1859-1909) | 258 |
Lincoln, Wheat Ears Reverse (1909-1958) | 270 |
Lincoln, Memorial Reverse (1959-2008) | 284 |
Lincoln, Bicentennial Reverses (2009) | 292 |
Lincoln, Shield Reverse (2010 to Date) | 295 |
Two-Cent Pieces | 298 |
Shield (1864-1873) | 299 |
Three-Cent Pieces | 304 |
Silver Three-Cent Pieces (Trimes) (1851-1873) | 306 |
Nickel Three-Cent Pieces (1865-1889) | 312 |
Nickel Five-Cent Pieces | 318 |
Shield (1866-1883) | 319 |
Liberty Head (1883-1913) | 325 |
Indian Head or Buffalo (1913-1938) | 332 |
Jefferson (1938-2003) | 340 |
Westward Journey (2004-2005) | 354 |
Jefferson Modified (2006 to Date) | 356 |
Half Dismes | 359 |
Half Disme (1792) | 360 |
Half Dimes | 363 |
Flowing Hair (1794-1795) | 364 |
Draped Bust, Small Eagle Reverse (1796-1797) | 367 |
Draped Bust, Heraldic Eagle Reverse (1800-1805) | 371 |
Capped Bust (1829-1837) | 375 |
Liberty Seated (1837-1873) | 380 |
Dimes | 391 |
Draped Bust, Small Eagle Reverse (1796-1797) | 392 |
Draped Bust, Heraldic Eagle Reverse (1798-1807) | 396 |
Capped Bust (1809-1837) | 400 |
Liberty Seated (1837-1891) | 408 |
Barber (1892-1916) | 423 |
Winged Liberty Head or "Mercury" (1916-1945) | 430 |
Roosevelt (1946 to Date) | 439 |
Twenty-Cent Pieces | 449 |
Liberty Seated (1875-1878) | 450 |
Quarter Dollars | 454 |
Draped Bust, Small Eagle Reverse (1796) | 456 |
Draped Bust, Heraldic Eagle Reverse (1804-1807) | 460 |
Capped Bust (1815-1838) | 463 |
Liberty Seated (1838-1891) | 470 |
Barber (1892-1916) | 483 |
Standing Liberty (1916-1930) | 491 |
Washington, Eagle Reverse (1932-1998) | 497 |
Washington, State, D.C., and Territorial (1999-2009) | 512 |
Washington, America the Beautiful™ (2010-2021) | 522 |
Washington, Crossing the Delaware (2021) | 535 |
Washington, American Women (2022-2025) | 536 |
Half Dollars | 539 |
Flowing Hair (1794-1795) | 542 |
Draped Bust, Small Eagle Reverse (1796-1797) | 546 |
Draped Bust, Heraldic Eagle Reverse (1801-1807) | 549 |
Capped Bust, Lettered Edge (1807-1836) | 554 |
Capped Bust, Reeded Edge (1836-1839) | 566 |
Liberty Seated (1839-1891) | 570 |
Barber (1892-1915) | 584 |
Liberty Walking (1916-1947) | 591 |
Franklin (1948-1963) | 598 |
Kennedy (1964 to Date) | 604 |
Silver Dollars | 618 |
Flowing Hair (1794-1795) | 620 |
Draped Bust, Small Eagle Reverse (1795-1798) | 625 |
Draped Bust, Heraldic Eagle Reverse (1798-1804) | 630 |
Gobrecht Dollars (1836-1839) | 638 |
Liberty Seated (1840-1873) | 643 |
Morgan (1878-1921) | 651 |
Peace (1921-193 5) | 666 |
Modern Dollars | 672 |
Eisenhower (1971-1978) | 673 |
Susan B. Anthony (1979-1999) | 677 |
Sacagawea (2000-2008) | 679 |
Presidential (2007-2020) | 682 |
Native American (2009 to Date) | 689 |
American Innovation (2018-2032) | 693 |
1921 Silver Anniversary Coins (2021, 2023 to Date) | 697 |
Trade Dollars | 700 |
Liberty Seated (1873-1885) | 701 |
Gold Dollars | 709 |
Liberty Head (1849-1854) | 710 |
Indian Princess Head, Small Head (1854-1856) | 714 |
Indian Princess Head, Large Head (1856-1889) | 716 |
Gold Quarter Eagles ($2.50) | 723 |
Capped Bust to Right, No Stars on Obverse (1796) | 725 |
Capped Bust to Right, Stars on Obverse (1796-1807) | 729 |
Draped Bust to Left, Large Size (1808) | 736 |
Capped Head to Left, Large Diameter (1821-1827) | 740 |
Capped Head to Left, Reduced Diameter (1829-1834) | 747 |
Classic Head, No Motto on Reverse (1834-1839) | 754 |
Liberty Head (1840-1907) | 765 |
Indian Head (1908-1929) | 887 |
Three-Dollar Gold Pieces | 902 |
Indian Princess Head (1854-1889) | 903 |
Four-Dollar Gold Pieces | 909 |
Stella, Flowing Hair and Coiled Hair (1879-1880) | 909 |
Gold Half Eagles ($5) | 912 |
Capped Bust to Right, Small Eagle Reverse (1795-1798) | 914 |
Capped Bust to Right, Heraldic Eagle Reverse (1795-1807) | 917 |
Draped Bust to Left (1807-1812) | 921 |
Capped Head to Left (1813-1834) | 924 |
Classic Head, No Motto on Reverse (1834-1838) | 929 |
Liberty Head (1839-1908) | 932 |
Indian Head (1908-1929) | 947 |
Gold Eagles ($10) | 952 |
Capped Bust to Right, Small Eagle Reverse (1795-1797) | 954 |
Capped Bust to Right, Heraldic Eagle Reverse (1797-1804) | 956 |
Liberty Head (183 8-1907) | 960 |
Indian Head (1907-1933) | 974 |
Gold Double Eagles ($20) | 979 |
Liberty Head (1849-1907) | 980 |
Saint-Gaudens, High Relief and Ultra High Relief, MCMVII (1907) | 993 |
Saint-Gaudens, Flat Relief, Arabic Numerals (1907-1933) | 996 |
U.S. Commemoratives | 1002 |
Classic Commemoratives (1892-1954) | 1002 |
Modern Commemoratives (1982 to Date) | 1055 |
Proof and Mint Sets | 1183 |
Modern Proof Sets (1936 to Date) | 1187 |
Uncirculated Mint Sets (1947 to Date) | 1192 |
Special Mint Sets (1965-1967) | 1193 |
Souvenir Sets (1982-1983) | 1193 |
Other Collectible Sets (2000 to Date) | 1193 |
U.S. Mint Bullion Coins | 1195 |
American Silver Eagles (1986 to Date) | 1196 |
America the Beautiful 5-Ounce Silver Bullion Coins (2010-2021) | 1200 |
American Gold Eagles (1986 to Date) | 1204 |
American Buffalo .9999 Fine Gold Bullion Coins (2006 to Date) | 1211 |
First Spouse $10 Gold Bullion Coins (2007-2020) | 1213 |
American Platinum Eagles (1997 to Date) | 1220 |
American Palladium Eagles (2017 to Date) | 1226 |
Significant U.S. Patterns | 1228 |
Private and Territorial Gold | 1235 |
Private Tokens | 1261 |
Hard Times Tokens (1832-1844) | 1261 |
Feuchtwanger Tokens (1837-1864) | 1264 |
Civil War Tokens (1860s) | 1264 |
Lesher Referendum Dollars (1900-1901) | 1268 |
Confederate Issues | 1269 |
Hawaiian and Puerto Rican Issues | 1271 |
Philippine Issues | 1275 |
Philippines Under U.S. Sovereignty (1903-1936) | 1277 |
Commonwealth Issues for Circulation (1937-1945) | 1296 |
Commonwealth Commemorative Issues | 1303 |
Alaska Tokens | 1305 |
Appendices | 1307 |
Appendix A Misstrikes and Errors | 1307 |
Appendix B Collectible Red and Blue Books | 1312 |
Appendix C Bullion Values | 1318 |
Appendix D Top 250 U.S. Coin Prices Realized at Auction | 1321 |
Appendix E Conditions of Coins and Grading Standards | 1327 |
Appendix F Special Modern Gold Coins (2009 to Date) | 1329 |
Appendix G American Arts Commemorative Series Gold Medallions | 1335 |
Appendix H So-Called Dollars | 1359 |
Appendix I The Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 20202 | 1377 |
Appendix J The American Women Quarters Program | 1382 |
Appendix K Collecting American Medals and Tokens | 1397 |
Appendix L Pattern $2.50 Gold Coins | 1440 |
Appendix M $2.50 Gold Coins in Treasure Finds | 1450 |
Appendix N $2.50 Gold Coins in the News | 1457 |
Appendix O Error $2.50 Gold Coins | 1469 |
Appendix P Counterfeit $2.50 Gold Coins | 1473 |
Notes | 1475 |
Glossary | 1476 |
Bibliography | 1479 |
Image Credits | 1489 |
Index | 1491 |
General Index | 1491 |
Alphabetical Index of Dates for Commemoratives | 1498 |
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