This 304-page reference book (8.5 by 11 inches) is a must-have for those who love collecting coins, especially U.S. Mint errors. Inside you'll learn many different error types along with seeing HD color photos and detailed explanations of how they occur and what to look for. There's also a chapter on how to identify coins that are damaged, altered, or are counterfeit that merely look like genuine errors. Be prepared to be blown away in this well-crafted masterpiece that is fit for both beginners and experienced collectors. Get your copy today!
In the authors' own words, this new edition of Strike It Rich with Pocket Change, dispels the myths of error coins and assists you in discovering, marketing, and researching rare coins that you can find in your pocket change. More than 350 close-up illustrations, key identifying details and current market values help you decipher the difference between proper and error issues and varying types of coins. In addition, this unique must-have how-to also includes: • Coverage of Lincoln Memorial Cents, Roosevelt Dimes, Washington Quarters, John F. Kennedy Half Dollars, State Quarters • Expert insight and advice about tools of the trade, preserving coins, buying and selling error-variety coins • Terms and definitions associated with error coins Whether it's a Jefferson Presidential dollar missing edge lettering, that's worth $2,000 - $10,000 plus or a Lincoln cent with trail marks that make it an error worth $1 - $3 there are hidden treasures to be found in your pocket change, if you know what to look for.
The latest entry in Whitman's "100 Greatest" collection, 100 Greatest U.S. Error Coins is a beautifully illustrated coffee-table book that explores one of the hobby's hottest collectible fields. Expert dealers, collectors, researchers, and historians have all weighed in on their opinions of the 100 all-time greatest examples of American coinage errors. The rarities, the classics, and the intriguing "how'd that happen?" specimens are here---and some interesting surprises, too. Authors Nicholas Brown, David Camire, and Fred Weinberg are three of the nation's most famous error-coin specialists, and they open the doors to the U.S. Mint to show you how and why error coins occur. With an engaging introduction by Q. David Bowers; plus full-color, high-resolution photos; and historical and current market values, 100 Greatest U.S. Error Coins will delight collectors and non-collectors alike
Presented in this guide: - A comprehensive listing of over 2,000 U.S. error coins of all types. - A detailed description of mint error classifications with photographs. - Modern-day photographs of error coins.Listings in this book include: - Die errors - Errors created from broken dies, collars, misaligned dies, cuds, die cracks, DDO, DDR, off-center, and more. - Planchet errors - cracked, clips, defective, wrong stock, lamination, unplated, wrong metal, etc. - Striking errors - Errors caused in the minting process - bonded, broadstruck, brockage, clashed dies, double struck, indent, flip over, uniface, and more.
Provides information on and current values for a variety of minting errors, including split dies, cracked planchets, and double strikes, and includes advice on buying, selling, and collecting mint errors. Original. 10,000 first printing.
The US Error Coin Guide, our number one seller, includes minor error types not usually encapsulated and additional variations not found in other coin guides. No other guide has over 2,000 validated error listings, which give the collector the edge in buying and selling coins. Presented in this guide: - Complete error descriptions and photos- A detailed description of mint error classifications with photographs. - Modern-day photographs of error coins. Listings in this book include: - Die errors - Errors created from broken dies, collars, misaligned dies, cuds, die cracks, DDO, DDR, off-center, and more. - Planchet errors - cracked, clips, defective, wrong stock, lamination, unplated, wrong metal, etc. - Striking errors - Errors caused in the minting process - bonded, broadstruck, brockage, clashed dies, double struck, indent, flip over, uniface, and more. The US error coin error guide is the fastest-growing book seller on the market providing collectors the benefit from the most extensive listings available. Every year since 2010, this guide has doubled in sales. The number of listings with a wide price range makes this book number one in its class. The author provides a response email address for quick answers to all collecting questions which no other book author provides.
Compiled, written & researched by popular Coin & Banknote Magazine contributor, Ian McConnelly, this book is a "must have" for all Australian error coin collectors.
The comprehensive reference to U.S. Twenty-cent pieces. The culmination of 30 years of research on the series, this book is the comprehensive reference on the short-lived twenty-cent piece. With nearly 400 photographs, this highly-illustrated reference provides extensive coverage of varieties and every known die marriage, including die states, emission sequences, and rarity ratings. The book provides the collector with a wealth of new information never before published, and hopes to instill enthusiasm in new collectors. Other topics include the history of the series, patterns, a discussion on misplaced dates, collecting the series, grading, errors, exonumia, and survival estimates. A few interesting anecdotes round out the book with stories of discovery.
