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2000 American guide to U.S. coins / Charles F. French, edited by John Adler.

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2000 American guide to U.S. coins / Charles F. French, edited by John Adler.

Authors

French, C. A. I. (Charles A. I.)
Adler, John

Subjects

Coins--United States--Guidebooks.

Language

English

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191 p. ; col. ill.

ISBN

0684856751

Target Audience

Adult

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Part 1Some History and Some Advice -- Introduction: A Brief History of American Numismatics 13 -- 1. Early American Coins 18 -- 2. Pirate and Revolutionary Money 21 -- 3. Gold Dollars and Golden Eagles 22 -- 4. Private Gold Coins 25 -- 5. Coins of the Mormons 28 -- 6. Civil War Money 32 -- 7. Hard Times Tokens 36 -- 8. Commemorative Coins 38 -- 9. Teddy Roosevelt's Twenty-Dollar Gold Piece 41 -- 10. America's First Colonial Coins 44 -- 11. Christian Gobrecht's Flying Eagle Dollar 45 -- 12. History of the "Dollar" 46 -- 13. Our First Gold Coins 48 -- 14. How to Determine Whether a Coin Is Uncirculated 49 -- 15. Proof Coins Must Be Perfect 55 -- 16. Beware of Counterfeits 57 -- 17. Mint Errors and the Rating Scale 61 -- 18. Shall I Clean My Coins? 63 -- 19. How to Sell a Coin Collection 66 -- 20. Coin Values Are Determined by Demand and Condition 70 -- Part 2 Coins Listed -- Abbreviations Used in the Coin Value Lists 74 -- 21. Colonial Coins Before the Declaration of Independence 75 -- 22. State Coinage 78 -- 23. First Mint Issues 83 -- 24. Half-Cent Pieces 84 -- 25. One-Cent Pieces 87 -- 26. Bronze Two-Cent Pieces 97 -- 27. Nickel Three-Cent Pieces 98 -- 28. Nickel Five-Cent Pieces 99 -- 29. Silver Three-Cent Pieces 105 -- 30. Half Dimes 106 -- 31. Dimes 109 -- 32. Twenty-Cent Pieces 118 -- 33. Quarter-Dollars 118 -- 34. Half Dollars 127 -- 35. Silver Dollars 137 -- 36. Trade Dollars 144 -- 37. Silver Commemorative Coins 145 -- 38. Gold Commemorative Coins 148 -- 39. Proof Sets 149 -- 40. Gold, Gold, That Magic Word 150 -- 41. Gold Dollars 152 -- 42. Quarter Eagles ($2.50 Gold Pieces) 155 -- 43. Three-Dollar Gold Pieces 160 -- 44. "Stella" or Four-Dollar Gold Pieces 162 -- 45. Half Eagles ($5 Gold Pieces) 163 -- 46. Eagles ($10 Gold Pieces) 170 -- 47. Double Eagles ($20 Gold Pieces) 176 -- 48. Private and Territorial Gold Coins 181 -- 49. Hard Times Tokens 188 -- 50. Civil War Tokens 189 -- 51. Coins of Hawaii 190 -- 52. Philippine Islands 191.