Synopsis
The Bible of United States Coins Catalog & Values Since 1946 New: Updated pricing and auction records, new research, new photographs, the latest U.S. Mint data, and more! 472 pages, 2,000+ images, with more than 7,600 listings and 32,500+ coin prices. Collectors have bought 25 million copies since the 1st edition! The Official Red Book(R) A Guide Book of United States Coins is 78 years young and going strong. Since 1946 collectors around the country have trusted the book's grade-by-grade coin values, historical background, detailed specifications, high-resolution photographs, and accurate mintage data. How rare are your coins? How much are they worth? The 78th edition of the Red Book tells you, covering everything from early colonial copper tokens to hefty Old West silver dollars and dazzling gold coins. You'll find 32,500+ prices and auction records for nearly 8,000 coins, tokens, medals, sets, and other collectibles. You'll also round out your education in classic and modern commemoratives, Proof and Mint coins, error coins, Civil War tokens, Confederate coins, Philippine coins struck under U.S. sovereignty, private gold, all the latest American Women quarters, Native American dollars, American Innovation dollars, bullion coins (silver, gold, platinum, and palladium), and more. Articles on investing, grading coins, and detecting counterfeits will make you a savvy collector; and entertaining essays on the history of American coinage, third-party grading, and the modern rare-coin market give you an inside look at "the hobby of kings." These are just some of the features of the informative, entertaining, invaluable Red Bookthe world's best-selling coin price guide (more than 25 million copies sold). 2025 edition. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Contributors to This Edition 7 Welcome to Numismatics 8 How to Use This Book 11 **PRE-FEDERAL ISSUES ** Colonial Issues 28 Post-Colonial Issues 51 FEDERAL ISSUES Contract Issues and Patterns 83 Half Cents (1793-1857) 88 Large Cents (1793-1857) 94 Small Cents (1856 to Date) 109 Two-Cent Pieces (1864-1873) 124 Three-Cent Pieces (1851-1889) 125 Nickel Five-Cent Pieces (1866 to Date) 127 Half Dimes (1794-1873) 139 Dimes (1796 to Date) 145 Twenty-Cent Pieces (1875-1878) 162 Quarter Dollars (1796 to Date) 163 Half Dollars (1794 to Date) 199 Silver and Related Dollars (1794 to Date) 223 Gold Dollars (1849-1889) 255 Quarter Eagles (1796-1929) 258 Three-Dollar Gold Pieces (1854-1889) 265 Four-Dollar Gold Pieces (1879-1880) 267 Half Eagles (1795-1929) 268 Eagles (1795-1933) 280 Double Eagles (1849-1933) 288 Commemoratives (1892 to Date) 296 Proof and Mint Sets (1936 to Date) 366 BULLION AND RELATED COINS Silver Bullion (1986 to Date) 377 Gold Bullion (1986 to Date) 384 Platinum and Palladium Bullion (1997 to Date) 398 UNITED STATES PATTERN PIECES U.S. Patterns 404 OTHER ISSUES Private and Territorial Gold 406 Private Tokens 430 Confederate Issues 437 Hawaiian and Puerto Rican Issues 438 Philippine Issues 440 Alaska Tokens 445 APPENDICES Appendix A: Misstrikes and Errors 446 Appendix B: Collectible Red and Blue Books 450 Appendix C: Bullion Values 455 Appendix D: Top 250 Coin Prices Realized at Auction 457 GLOSSARY 462 BIBLIOGRAPHY 465 INDEX 468, New research, new photographs, updated pricing, the latest U.S. Mint data, new auction records, and more! 472 pages, 2,000+ images, with more than 7,600 listings and 32,500+ coin prices. Over 25 million copies sold since the 1st edition! Since 1946, coin collectors have trusted the Guide Book of United States Coins--known everywhere as The Official Red Book(R)--to help them learn about U.S. coins and build great collections. Maybe you're completing a set of Wheat cents or Morgan silver dollars by date and mintmark. Or maybe you simply have some old coins from Grandpa's cigar box and want to look up their values. The Red Book is your guide. Grade-by-grade values, history for each coin type, detailed specifications, auction records, colorful photographs, accurate mintage data, and more await you. The Red Book starts with foreign coins that circulated as money in the British colonies starting in the 1600s. Then it covers everything from early colonial copper tokens to popular classics like Mercury dimes and Kennedy half dollars, plus hefty Old West silver dollars, dazzling gold coins, and more. You'll find 32,500+ prices for nearly 8,000 coins, tokens, medals, sets, and other collectibles. You'll also round out your education in Proof and Mint sets, error coins, Civil War tokens, Confederate coins, private gold pieces, and coins and tokens struck for Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Philippine Islands. All of the latest U.S. coins are inside: American Women quarters, Native American dollars, American Innovation dollars, commemorative coins, and bullion coins (silver, gold, platinum, and palladium)--from precious-metal rarities to the change you find in your pocket. The Red Book's articles on grading coins, investing in rare coins, and how to spot counterfeits will make you a savvy collector. Its entertaining essays on the history of American coinage and the modern rare-coin market give you an inside look at "the hobby of kings." These are just some of the features of the informative, entertaining, invaluable Red Book--the world's best-selling coin price guide (with more than 25 million copies sold). 2025 edition - 472 pages - Classic red hardcover - Full color - 7.7" x 5.5" x 1.25"
