Collecting coins, banknotes, medals and other related items

This is the eighth entry in Whitman's Bower Series of numismatic titles.

In conjunction with the American Numismatic Association, author David W.

The Guide Book of Washington and State Quarters-the most recent addition to Whitman's Bowers Series of numismatic books-is an in-depth study of our nation's most popular modern coin.

In Cooperation with the Smithsonian Institution.

This book offers a much-needed overview of numismatics-the hobby, the historical connection, and the investment possibilities of rare coins.

Lincoln cents account for nearly a third of the coins the United States hasever minted.

In this beautifully illustrated book, two of America's best-known numismatists take the reader on a personal guided tour of our nation's greatest currency notes.

Few books have excited the coin-collecting community like the Cherrypickers' Guide.

When you learn about the money of the United States of America, you learn the story of how our nation came to be.

Money of the World: Coins That Made History illustrates how many coins were shaped by the development of Western Civilization-and how they sometimes helped shape it in turn.

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Immerse yourself in the romance and beauty of nearly 150 years of American currency.

Nearly 150 years after his death, Abraham Lincoln consistently ranks at or near the top of every poll of America's best, most admired, or most popular president ever.

Lavishly illustrated in full color, A Guide Book of Shield and Liberty Head Nickels features enlargements for important overdates and other varieties, plus actual-size photographs of every coin in the Shield and Liberty Head series.

A Guide Book of Franklin & Kennedy Half Dollars is the 15th entry in Whitman's bestselling Bowers Series of numismatic reference books.

Emperors and assassins, owls and turtles, gods and goddesses, brave heroes and villainous rogues--all of these and more await you among the 100 Greatest Ancient Coins.

The 2nd edition of Money of the Bible is updated with new photographs and new research.

A Guide Book of Peace Dollars is the 13th entry in Whitman's Bowers Series of numismatic references.

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Year by year historical analysis of each Double Eagle minted.

Building on the classic foundation laid by Colonel Grover Criswell, paper currency expert Hugh Shull presents an authoritative guide to the state-issued money of the South, from the pre-Civil War era through the war years, and into the late 1800's.

Identify your coins quickly and easily!

Few books have excited the coin-collecting community like the Cherrypickers' Guide.

Award-winning author and historian Q.

A Guide Book of Peace Dollars is the 13th entry in Whitman's Bowers Series of numismatic references.

Americans love to collect the big Morgan silver dollar!

No subject is more important to the rare-coin collector or investor than grading.

No subject is more important to the rare-coin collector or investor than grading.

Since 1946 the Guide Book of United States Coins has served collectors as the preeminent annual reference for coin specifications, mintages, values, and photographs.

This unconventional biography of Benjamin Franklin, the great American Renaissance man, explores examples of Franklin's diverse genius and accomplishments in different fields.

This reference work lists and describes all known tokens (privately issued substitutes for coins) used from the 1890s gold rush through 1959, when Alaska gained statehood.

A study of how coins, riches and lands were gained and distributed among the soldiers, warriors, and mercenaries in the Antiquity and Early Medieval times.

Over the centuries Britain's soil has yielded countless spectacular hoards of ancient coins and other artefacts, affording us priceless insights into our ancestors' lives and it is not only such large finds that await discovery but also many thousands of individual pieces.

Over the centuries Britain's soil has yielded countless spectacular hoards of ancient coins and other artefacts, affording us priceless insights into our ancestors' lives and it is not only such large finds that await discovery but also many thousands of individual pieces.

Surveys the medals awarded to British personnel for military services from the First World War to operations of British forces in the opening years of the twenty-first century.

A comprehensive study of the Roman monetary system in the Eastern provinces during the Principate.

A comprehensive study of the Roman monetary system in the Eastern provinces during the Principate.

Enthusiastic and thorough, everything you need to know about discovering buried treasure from choosing your first metal detector to finding locations loaded with possibilities, and everything in between.

This is the first scholarly art-historical appraisal of Anglo-Saxon coinage, from its inception in the late sixth century to Offa's second reform of the penny c.

A large gap exists in the literature of ancient numismatics between general works intended for collectors and highly specialized studies addressed to numismatists.

Demetrius the Besieger offers the first historical and historiographical biography of Demetrius Poliorcetes (336-282 BC) to be published in English.

Demetrius the Besieger offers the first historical and historiographical biography of Demetrius Poliorcetes (336-282 BC) to be published in English.

How do regions form and evolve?

How do regions form and evolve?

How did the Anglo-Saxons obtain the treasure that tempted Vikings to raid England frequently in the ninth century and again between 980 and 1018?

In the third century BC, the Attalid dynasts of Pergamon in north-western Asia Minor were relatively minor players in Hellenistic great-power politics.