The Complete Guide to Lincoln Cents
The Complete Guide to Lincoln Cents

Author: David W. Lange

Publisher: Zyrus Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 9780974237138

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Features a complete history of the Lincoln cent with research of events leading up to the production of the Lincoln cent, the engraver and mint officials who designed it, as well as a biography of Abraham Lincoln. David Lange examines all attributes of the most commonly collected coin series to date, including detailed information concerning rare Lincoln cent errors and patterns. Winner of the prestigious Numismatic Literary Guild award.

The Numismatist
The Numismatist

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 1410

ISBN-13:

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Vols. 24-52 include the Proceedings of the American Numismatic Association Convention, 1911-39.

Million Dollar Nickels
Million Dollar Nickels

Author: Paul Montgomery

Publisher: Zyrus Press

Published: 2005-08

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 9780974237183

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Framed in the backdrop of a nationwide media frenzy and a public mad with the hope of finding the multi-million dollar coin, this is the story of America's most eccentric and famous collectors, persistent reporters searching for the truth, shameless profiteers, and agents of the Smithsonian Institute desperate to stay above the fray. Enterprising collectors spared no expense over the decades advertising to purchase a 1913 Liberty Head nickel, prompting generations of collectors to search cans of coins and old collections they inherited, all for the hope of finding the prized 1913 Liberty Head nickel. In the end, it was an anonymous heiress with an old envelope, upon which was written the word fake, that held the truth. With that envelope and the coin inside, six of the world's most respected coin experts sat in a small room under the vigilant watch of armed guards. Few expected what they found. And what they found rewrote numismatic history...

Forgotten Colorado Silver: Joseph Lesher’s Defiant Coins
Forgotten Colorado Silver: Joseph Lesher’s Defiant Coins

Author: Robert D. Leonard Jr., Ken Hallenbeck & Adna G. Wilde Jr.

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1467135259

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At the turn of the last century, miner Joseph Lesher attempted to raise the price of silver by privately minting octagonal "Referendum souvenir medal" coins with values of $1.25 or $1. They were common in Victor, Cripple Creek, Denver and other places in Colorado in the days after William Jennings Bryan fought unsuccessfully for free silver. Surviving an initial dust-up with the Secret Service, Lesher found a loophole to place them in circulation in 1900 and 1901. Today, coin collectors pay more than $1,000 for one. This is the story of Joseph Lesher and his audacious private mint, along with the merchants in the mining towns and elsewhere who supported him.

Bulletin
Bulletin

Author: United States National Museum

Publisher:

Published: 1970

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13:

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