Publisher's Synopsis
The Bible of United States Coins Catalog & Values Since 1946
New: Updated pricing and auction records, new research, new photographs, the latest U.S. Mint data, and more! 472 pages, 2,000+ images, with more than 7,600 listings and 32,500+ coin prices.
Collectors have bought 25 million copies since the 1st edition! The Official Red Book(R)―A Guide Book of United States Coins―is 77 years young and going strong. Since 1946 collectors around the country have trusted the book's grade-by-grade coin values, historical background, detailed specifications, high-resolution photographs, and accurate mintage data. How rare are your coins? How much are they worth?
The 77th edition of the Red Book tells you, covering everything from early colonial copper tokens to hefty Old West silver dollars and dazzling gold coins. You'll find 32,500+ prices and auction records for nearly 8,000 coins, tokens, medals, sets, and other collectibles.
You'll also round out your education in classic and modern commemoratives, Proof and Mint coins, error coins, Civil War tokens, Confederate coins, Philippine coins struck under U.S. sovereignty, private gold, all the latest American Women quarters, Native American dollars, American Innovation dollars, bullion coins (silver, gold, platinum, and palladium), and more. Articles on investing, grading coins, and detecting counterfeits will make you a savvy collector; and entertaining essays on the history of American coinage, third-party grading, and the modern rare-coin market give you an inside look at "the hobby of kings." These are just some of the features of the informative, entertaining, invaluable Red Book―the world's best-selling coin price guide (more than 25 million copies sold). 2024 edition.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
Contributors to This Edition 7
Welcome to Numismatics 8
How to Use This Book 11
**PRE-FEDERAL ISSUES **
Colonial Issues 28
Post-Colonial Issues 51
FEDERAL ISSUES
Contract Issues and Patterns 83
Half Cents (1793-1857) 88
Large Cents (1793-1857) 94
Small Cents (1856 to Date) 109
Two-Cent Pieces (1864-1873) 124
Three-Cent Pieces (1851-1889) 125
Nickel Five-Cent Pieces (1866 to Date) 127
Half Dimes (1794-1873) 139
Dimes (1796 to Date) 145
Twenty-Cent Pieces (1875-1878) 162
Quarter Dollars (1796 to Date) 163
Half Dollars (1794 to Date) 199
Silver and Related Dollars (1794 to Date) 223
Gold Dollars (1849-1889) 255
Quarter Eagles (1796-1929) 258
Three-Dollar Gold Pieces (1854-1889) 265
Four-Dollar Gold Pieces (1879-1880) 267
Half Eagles (1795-1929) 268
Eagles (1795-1933) 280
Double Eagles (1849-1933) 288
Commemoratives (1892 to Date) 296
Proof and Mint Sets (1936 to Date) 366
BULLION AND RELATED COINS
Silver Bullion (1986 to Date) 377
Gold Bullion (1986 to Date) 384
Platinum and Palladium Bullion (1997 to Date) 398
UNITED STATES PATTERN PIECES
U.S. Patterns 404
OTHER ISSUES
Private and Territorial Gold 406
Private Tokens 430
Confederate Issues 437
Hawaiian and Puerto Rican Issues 438
Philippine Issues 440
Alaska Tokens 445
APPENDICES
Appendix A: Misstrikes and Errors 446
Appendix B: Collectible Red and Blue Books 450
Appendix C: Bullion Values 455
Appendix D: Top 250 Coin Prices Realized at Auction 457
GLOSSARY 462
BIBLIOGRAPHY 465
INDEX 468
