The Official Blue Book: A Handbook of U.S. Coins 2013

by R. S. Yeoman

Overview

Since 1942, The Official Blue Book® has been the annual reference used by U.S. coin dealers to make buying offers. Likewise, coin collectors use it to find out what dealers will pay for their coins. Its price listings offer a real-world look at the coin market, gathered from dealers around the country.

Are your coins worth a fortune?

Find out here! The Blue Book has clear, easy-to-follow grading information for each series, and prices dealers are paying in multiple grades per coin.

Inside:

Average dealer buying prices for American coins from 1616 to today

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

Collectible Blue Books

American Arts gold bullion medals

Colonial and early American coins, federal coins, commemoratives, Proof and Mint sets, die varieties, state quarters, Presidential dollars, private and territorial gold, the Philippines, tokens, and much more!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780794836832
Publisher:	Whitman Publishing
Publication date:	05/15/2012
Pages:	271
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 7.60(h) x 0.80(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction

Contributors 5

How to Use This Book 6

Collecting Coins 7

Pre-Federal Issues

Colonial Issues 18

Post-Colonial Issues 28

Federal Issues

Contract Issues and Patterns 44

Half Cents (1793-1857) 45

Large Cents (1793-1857) 49

Small Cents (1856 to Date) 57

Two-Cent Pieces (1864-1873) 68

Three-Cent Pieces (1851-1889) 69

Nickel Five-Cent Pieces (1866 to Date) 71

Half Dimes (1794-1873) 81

Dimes (1796 to Date) 85

Twenty-Cent Pieces (1875-1878) 99

Quarter Dollars (1796 to Date) 100

Half Dollars (1794 to Date) 121

Silver and Related Dollars (1794 to Date) 138

Gold Dollars (1849-1889) 154

Quarter Eagles (1796-1929) 157

Three-Dollar Gold Pieces (1854-1889) 163

Four-Dollar Gold Pieces or "Stellas" (1879-1880) 164

Half Eagles (1795-1929) 165

Eagles (1795-1933) 173

Double Eagles (1849-1933) 179

Commemoratives (1892 to Date) 185

Proof and Mint Sets (1936 to Date) 227

Bullion

Silver Bullion (1986 to Date) 230

Gold Bullion (1986 to Date) 233

Platinum Bullion (1997 to Date) 241

Other Issues

Private and Territorial Gold 244

Private Tokens 262

Philippine Issues 263

Appendices

A Bullion Values 266

B Collectible Blue Books 267

C American Arts Gold Bullion Medals 268

Index 270