Red Book Coin Guides

A Guide Book of Gold Eagle Coins Foreword by Douglas Winter The $10 gold eagle coin, named for the national bird depicted on its reverse, was created in 1795 to be the foundation of America's federal monetary system. Used primarily in international and...

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...

Civil War tokens are tangible reminders of American history. These small, cent-sized tokens were privately issued by American tradesmen and others during the war. They were used to advertise businesses and also to grease the wheels of commerce during a...

Third Edition: Expanded, Updated, and Revised 32 pages more than the second edition   250-plus coin types   Hundreds of full-color images   Values in multiple grades   Historical value charts   ...

Generations of coin collectors have grown up with the ever-popular Lincoln cent. Now, Q. David Bowers provides a detailed study of this great American classic, from its birth in 1909 through changes in alloys and designs up to the modern day. "Lincoln...

A Guide Book of Buffalo and Jefferson Nickels is the eighth entry in Whitman's best-selling Bowers Series of numismatic references. America's most popular nickels are given the famous Q. David Bowers treatment: insightful study, rich historical...

Collecting United States commemorative coins is like compiling a photo album of the nation's history. Because these coins represent so many aspects of America—from dramatic battles to Olympic games, from presidents to national parks—each collector...

In A Guide Book of Indian and Flying Eagle Cents, third edition, award-winning author Richard Snow examines the Flying Eagle and Indian Head cents of 1856 to 1909, exploring mintages, challenges for the collector, and interesting varieties. His...

The Bowers Series is a popular Whitman Publishing library of numismatic books, each covering a different segment of the hobby. Volume #22 explores the full range of modern U.S. dollar coins: Eisenhower, Susan B. Anthony, Sacagawea, Native American, and...

The 23rd volume in the award-winning Bowers Series explores the heart of American coin collecting: the United States Mint. The U.S. Mint is the source of the little copper, silver, and gold objects of material culture and value that numismatists collect,...

Volume #19 in Whitman's best-selling Bowers Series covers two of the earliest U.S. coin denominations: half cents and large cents. These classic copper coins were made from 1793 (the year after the Philadelphia Mint was founded) into the late 1850s...