The $10 gold eagle coin, named for the national bird depicted on its reverse, was first struck in 1795 as part of America’s foundation for a federal monetary system. These coins circulated in international trade and large-scale transactions, and...

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...

A Guide Book of Collectible Postcards Postcard collecting has been a popular American pastime since the hobby's Golden Age more than a hundred years ago. For today's collector, postcards offer historic photography, snapshots of pop culture and everyday...

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...

Q. David BowersForeword by Kenneth Bressett Only Q. David Bowers, the “Dean of American Numismatics,” could have produced a book as comprehensive and authoritative as the first edition of the Whitman Encyclopedia of Colonial and Early...

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,...

Pleasure and Profit: 100 Lessons for Building and Selling a Collection of Rare Coins, 2nd edition In the updated second edition of his award-winning book, Robert W. Shippee reveals how he got serious about building a meaningful collection of rare coins...

Civil War tokens are tangible artifacts of America’s most turbulent era. These cent-sized tokens, privately issued by merchants and tradesmen during the Civil War, filled the gap left by the disappearance of official U.S. coinage from circulation...

Q. David Bowers shares more than 60 years of experience as a coin collector, professional dealer, published author or researcher, and past president of the American Numismatic Association. Learn how to build a meaningful and significant coin collection...

Buffalo and Jefferson nickels are among America’s most widely collected coins, cherished for their artistry, history, and collecting challenges. In the second edition of A Guide Book of Buffalo and Jefferson Nickels, Q. David...

In Whitman Encyclopedia of Obsolete Paper Money, Volume 8: Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia, Q. David Bowers continues his state-by-state tour with a compelling look at banking in the nation’s capital and surrounding regions...

Collecting U.S. commemorative coins is like building a photo album of America’s story. From dramatic battles to Olympic Games, presidents to national parks, each coin captures an aspect of the nation’s heritage and allows collectors to create...