The Official Blue Book: Handbook of United States Coins 2021, 78th Edition

by Jeff Garrett

Overview

Since 1942, The Official Blue Book has been the annual reference used by U.S. coin dealers to make buying offers. Likewise, coin collectors use it to find out what dealers will pay for their coins. Its price listings offer a real-world look at the coin market, gathered from professional dealers around the country. Are your coins worth a fortune? Find out here! The Blue Book has clear, easy-to-follow grading information for each series, and prices dealers are paying in multiple grades per coin. Inside: Average dealer buying prices for American coins from 1616 to today, Historical information and specifications on each coin, Actual-size photographs of hundreds of coins, Grading and collecting tips, How coins are produced, Detailed mintage records, Collectible Blue Books, The top 25 U.S. coin prices realized at auction, Colonial and early American coins, federal coins, commemoratives, Proof and Mint sets, die varieties. State quarters, National Park quarters Presidential dollars, Native American dollars. American Innovation dollars, private and territorial gold, the Philippines, tokens, and much more!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780794848057
Publisher:	Whitman Publishing
Publication date:	05/26/2020
Edition description:	78th ed.
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.60(h) x 0.70(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction

Contributors 5

How to Use This Book 6

Collecting Coins 7

Pre-Federal Issues

Colonial Issues 18

Post-Colonial Issues 28

Federal Issues

Contract Issues and Patterns 44

Half Cents (1793-1857) 45

Large Cents (1793-1857) 49

Small Cents (1856 to Date) 57

Two-Cent Pieces (1864-1873) 68

Three-Cent Pieces (1851-1889) 69

Nickel Five-Cent Pieces (1866 to Date) 71

Half Dimes (1794-1873) 81

Dimes (1796 to Date) 85

Twenty-Cent Pieces (1875-1878) 99

Quarter Dollars (1796 to Date) 100

Half Dollars (1794 to Date) 124

Silver and Related Dollars (1794 to Date) 141

Cold Dollars (1849 1889) 159

Quarter Eagles (1796-1929) 162

Three-Dollar Gold Pieces (1854-1889) 168

Four-Dollar Gold Pieces or "Stellas" (1879-1880) 169

Half Eagles (1795-1929) 170

Eagles (1795-1933) 178

Double Eagles (1849-1933) 184

Commemoratives (1892 to Date) 190

Proof and Mint Sets (1936 to Date) 237

Bullion

Silver Bullion (1986 to Date) 241

Gold Bullion (1986 to Date) 244

Platinum and Palladium Bullion (1997 to Date) 252

Other Issues

Private and Territorial Gold 257

Private Tokens 275

Philippine Issues 276

Appendices

A Bullion Values of Common Silver and Gold Coins 279

B Collectible Blue Books 280

C Top 25 U.S. Coin Prices Realized at Auction 281

Glossary 282

Bibliography 283

Index 284

Special Features

Silver Dollar Centennial, 1921-2021 289