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Metal Detecting

""Invaluable for the first timer! I wish I had this book when I was just starting the hobby of metal detecting!

A Guide Book of Peace Dollars

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

A Guide Book of United States Coins 2013

Identify your coins quickly and easily! THE OFFICIAL RED BOOK® features full-color, actual-size and enlarged photos, with historical details about each piece.

Coins of the World: Greece

Whether you're trying to determine the year of a worn drachmai from late 19th century Greece, or identify the image on the reverse side of an aluminum 10 lepta, this e-book is the place to look for the answers. In the 2012 Coins of Greece e-book you'll find detailed descriptions, current values for multiple condition grades, and actual-size illustrations for coins from all corners of the country.

Gold Rush

Few words evoke the dreams of the pioneer spirit and westward expansion of North America in both the mid-1800s with California, and the late 1890s with the Alaska and Yukon claims. Gold has been a symbol of value throughout history.

Warman's Coins & Paper Money: Identification and Price Guide

Interest in coin collecting and paper money is at an all-time high, thanks in part to the new designs of modern U.S.

Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900

Standard Catalog of World Coins 1801 - 1900 is an all-in-one guide to 19th century coins from around the globe, and an essential resource for being competitive in today's coin collecting market-bolstered by strong precious metals prices. It provides collectors with up-to-date market process for coins in five different condition grades, and features 27,500 actual-size photos of coins to aid in proper identification.

The Instant Coin Collector

Quick and clear answers to basic coin questions such as how coins are made, which coins are best to collect and why, and the best way to organize a collection, are delivered in this innovative and simply savvy guide. Written in a friendly, supportive tone using 300 color photos to clearly illustrate and instruct, this book also offers a primer on properly handling coins and a historical overview of recommended series of coins for beginning collectors.

United States Post Offices Volume 2 The Great Plains

The second volume in a set of eight that comprises an alphabetical listing of the over 166,000 post offices that have ever operated in the 50 United states from 1776 to date.

2012 U.S. Coin Digest: Cents

This easy-to-search pricing and identification download is solely focused on U.S cents.

Coins of England & the United Kingdom Decimal Issues 2016

This historic reference work for British coins is still the only reference work to feature every major coin type from decimalisation to the present day, complete with accurate market values. An essential guide for beginners, serious numismatists, metal detectorists and anyone interested in British Coinage.

United States Post Offices Volume 3 The Upper Midwest

The third volume in a set of eight that comprises an alphabetical listing of the over 166,000 post offices that have ever operated in the 50 United states from 1776 to date.

A Guide Book of Lincoln Cents

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

United States Post Offices Volume 1 The West

The first volume in a set of eight that comprises an alphabetical listing of the over 166,000 post offices that have ever operated in the 50 United states from 1776 to date.

United States Gold Counterfeit Detection Guide

Whitman's United States Gold Counterfeit Detection Guide is a full-color reference for identifying fake gold coins, from dollars to double eagles.

Coins & Currency of the Middle East

World news and events of the last 25 years are helping create a popular new market in collecting. This one-of-a-kind guide supplies valuable answers to questions about currency from the Middle Easy in an easy-to-follow format.

Standard Guide to Small-Size U.S. Paper Money - 1928-Date

Serving collectors and dealers turned into the profitability of the small-size market, this edition delivers the most up-to-date census of small-size currency available. Readers will discover listings with precise population figures, serial number listings, 400 color photos and descriptions for experimental notes, mules and blocks, from the first small-size notes to present issues.

Coin Collecting: A Beginners Guide to the World of Coins

This book offers a much-needed overview of numismatics-the hobby, the historical connection, and the investment possibilities of rare coins. This is an up-to-date, comprehensive guide that explains everything a new collector needs to know.

The Official Blackbook Price Guide to United States Coins 2013, 51st Edition

Forover fifty years, The Official Blackbook Price Guide to United States Coins 2013 has been the bestselling sourcebook for collectors.

2012 U.S. Coin Digest: U.S. Territorial Gold

If you've ever wondered about pioneer gold, this affordable and easy-to-use identification and pricing download is a great way to get the history behind Territorial gold coins and the current values they command. Pulled directly from 2012 U.

The Official American Numismatic Assiciation Grading Standards for United States Coins

This comprehensive and easy-to-use guide provides the official American Numismatic Association grading standards for every United States coin minted since 1793.

Standard Catalog of World Paper Money: Modern Issues 1961 - Present

Offering the most up-to-date pricing in 3 grades of preservation, with other 30,000 adjustments, Standard Catalog of World Paper Money is the book for the beginner to the expert interested in circulating world paper money.

Numismatic Art in America

The coinage of the United States has no modern rival in aesthetic richness.

Warman's U.S. Coin Collecting

GET STARTED COLLECTING COINS Have fun and Avoid Costly Mistakes Want to know just what's in that box of coins Grandpa Earl left you? Or do you just want to embark on a hobby that will bring you years of enjoyment, and maybe a profit?

American Silver Eagles

No less an expert than John M. Mercanti-the designer of the American Silver Eagle's reverse-shares his unique insight and perspective on these beautiful pieces of Americana.

Whitman Encyclopedia of Obsolete Paper Money

The Whitman Encyclopedia of Obsolete Paper Money is the new standard reference on currency issued by state-chartered American banks from 1782 to 1866. Q.

British Gallantry Awards 1855-2000

This book surveys the British decorations and medals from the origins in the Crimean War of 1854-6 up to the end of the twentieth century.

A Guide Book of United States Paper Money

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

Catalogue de Timbres de France 2016

Obsolete Paper Money Issued by Banks in the United States 1782-1866

Award-winning author and historian Q. David Bowers explores the fascinating world of "obsolete currency" - the colorful, ornate paper money that first circulated in the 13 colonies and served American commerce up through the Civil War.

A Guide Book of United States Coins 2014

Identify your coins quickly and easily! THE OFFICIAL RED BOOK® features full-color, actual-size and enlarged photos, with historical details about each piece.

Standard Catalog of World Paper Money - Modern Issues

This 16th edition of the Standard Catalog of World Paper Money, Modern Issues features bank notes issued on a national basis from 1961 to present. It is the largest and most comprehensive English language catalog and retail price guide of world bank notes.

2012 North American Coins & Prices

Three Countries, One Price Guide Up-to-date prices and new coin prices make the 2012 North American Coins & Prices the must-have price guide for collectors of coins from the United States, Canada and Mexico. This one volume contains nearly 47,000 individual coin listings that are organized by country, denomination and date of issue.

Coins of the World: East Asia

Whether it's coins from China that pique your interest, or coins from Japan that you collect, or any other combination of coins from the provinces that make up East Asia, this 2012 Coins of the World digital download is one source you will be glad you have. In 2012 Coins of East Asia you'll find detailed descriptions, current values for multiple condition grades, actual-size illustrations, mintage and date of issue, among other important details.

Almanac of United States Coins

Do you like American history, beautiful artwork, and stories of gold and silver treasure? Read the Almanac from cover to cover for an immersion in the coins and money of the United States, from colonial times to today.

Coins of England & the United Kingdom Pre-Decimal Issues 2016

This historic reference work for British coins is still the only reference work to feature every major coin type from Celtic to decimalisation, complete with accurate market values. An essential guide for beginners, serious numismatists, metal detectorists and anyone interested in British Coinage.

A Brief Introduction to Egyptian Coins and Currency

There are many books that discuss the coins from specific periods of Egyptian history, but none that considers the coins from the whole of that history. This work aims to provide such an account, covering the currency from ancient times, through the Ptolemaic, Roman, Byzantine, Arabic, and Ottoman periods to modern times.

United States Post Offices Volume 7 The Lower Mississippi Valley

The seventh volume in a set of eight that comprises an alphabetical listing of the over 166,000 post offices that have ever operated in the 50 United states from 1776 to date.

Tokens and Traders of Kent in the Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

THE PROVINCIAL TOKEN-COINAGECoins traditionally contained the value of the metal they were made from, less a nominal amount for the monarch and mint master and could only be produced by Royal decree.

Money of the World

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.