The silver Peace dollar issued from 1921 through 1935 was a coin that commemorated the end of the most traumatic war in human history. In the Guide Book of Peace Dollars, award-winning author Roger W. Burdette explores these fascinating and collectible...

“The quarter eagle, face value of $2.50, occupies an unusual place in American currency,” says author Q. David Bowers. Unlike larger gold coins, it was too small to be commonly used in export and international trade. It also never became...

Franklin half dollars and Kennedy half dollars stand among the most admired and widely collected U.S. coin series. Collectors are drawn to these coins because they offer both accessibility and depth—providing rewarding challenges whether a hobbyist...

Since its debut in 1986, the American Silver Eagle has become the world’s most popular silver bullion coin—admired by investors and collectors alike, and often called “the modern Morgan dollar.” With more than 673 million struck...

Only a few weeks after the “Shot Heard 'Round the World,” the American Continental Congress authorized its very first issuance of paper money. Continental Currency was based on the hope of a young nation's future and a war for liberty, not on...

The Morgan silver dollar is America’s most collected classic coin, celebrated for its beauty, history, and connection to the romance of the Old West. This expanded seventh edition presents a richly detailed portrait of the series, from its origins...

Award-winning author Q. David Bowers brings fresh insight to the silver coinage designed by U.S. Mint Chief Engraver Charles E. Barber in A Guide Book of Barber Silver Coins. Struck from 1892 through 1916, these dimes, quarters, and half dollars were the...

Immerse yourself in the full expanse of the U.S. Mint's historic Liberty Seated coinage—half dimes, dimes, twenty-cent pieces, quarters, half dollars, Gobrecht dollars, silver dollars, and trade dollars. These classic silver coins, featuring the...

In this beautifully illustrated book, award-winning numismatic writers Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker offer a guided tour of coins that have influenced the world and captured the imaginations of collectors since the early 1900s. Rarity, value,...

This Standard Catalogue of British Coins features all major coin types from Celtic and Roman Britain through to the pre-decimal coinage of Her Late Majesty Elizabeth II, arranged in chronological order and divided, within each reign, into metals,...

Cash in Your Coins: Selling the Rare Coins You've Inherited is the essential guide for anyone who’s come into a collection—or a hoard—of old coins and doesn’t know where to start. Did you just inherit a coin collection? How...

Whitman Publishing debuted the Handbook of United States Coins in 1942 as an authoritative resource showing how much coin dealers were paying on average to buy U.S. coins by type, date, and mintmark. The groundbreaking new book was an immediate hit,...