Antiques category: 2714 books

From Award-Winning Author Q. David Bowers. Collect, grade, and attribute your paper money. Organize your collection, with Friedberg and Whitman numbering systems. Make wise purchases in today's market. 900 Pages; more than 1,600 full-color images. Printing quantities for nearly all issues - a guide...

Take a Closer Look Is that coin in your hand the real deal or a clever fake? Discover the difference with U.S. Coins Close Up, a one-of-a-kind visual guide to every U.S. coin type. This handy reference features large and clear images that detail inscriptions, mintmarks and initials, as well as thorough...

Do you like American history, beautiful artwork, and stories of gold and silver treasure? Read the Almanac from cover to cover for an immersion in the coins and money of the United States, from colonial times to today. Have you found some unusual coins in Grandpa’s old cigar box or a hidden stash in...

This comprehensive 288-page full-color book details how to begin the ideal numismatic pursuit: a collection of United States coins by type. Major updates to the 2nd edition are new market values, new certified-coin population data, updated Market Price Performance charts, new coins, new section on...

Colorful stories of the old steam engines of yesteryear fill these pages — from the steam carriage operated on the streets of Paris in 1769 to the mighty locomotives that thundered across the American West in the latter half of the 19th century. 98 plates of fine, rare illustrations, many rendered by the author.

"If you've ever wondered about pioneer gold, this affordable and easy-to-use identification and pricing download is a great way to get the history behind Territorial gold coins and the current values they command. Pulled directly from 2012 U.S. Coin Digest, the most complete guide to U.S. coins,...

"Whether your interest is in Mint Sets, Modern Commemorative Coin Set, Proof Sets, Circulated Rolls of 50 State Quarters, this is the download for you! Pulled directly from 2012 U.S. Coin Digest, the most complete guide to U.S. coins, this download covers sets and rolls of U.S. coins in expert fashion, by providing you with all the identifying details and current values you need."

Few words evoke the dreams of the pioneer spirit and westward expansion of North America in both the mid-1800s with California, and the late 1890s with the Alaska and Yukon claims. Gold has been a symbol of value throughout history. This volume of Gold Rush! A new book by Aryln Sieber and Mitchell...

Start your own coin collection! It's fun! Search for coins to complete your own special coin puzzle. It's affordable. Spend as little as 1 cent to start a hobby that can last you the rest of your life. And you can learn all you need to know right here. With...

This book is a comprehensive insider's look at not only rare coins, but also tokens, medals, and paper money. At 34 chapters and nearly 700 pages, it covers everything from grading to determining values to techniques of smart auction bidding. More than 1,300 photographs and illustrations, both black...

When you're looking for quick and reliable details about early American coins including tokens, Royal Patent coins, Revolutionary coins, early federal coinage, and issues of 1792, this easy-to-search pricing and identification download is the perfect resource. In this single affordable download you...

This easy-to-search pricing and identification download is solely focused on U.S bullion coins. In this single source you get up-to-date values, detailed illustrations, and characteristics about circulating and non-circulating bullion coins. Pulled directly from 2012 U.S. Coin Digest, the most complete...

"Whether it's a Draped Bust quarter, Seated Liberty, Barber, Standing Liberty, or a Washington quarter, you'll find photos and current values for all of them in this one quarter download. Pulled directly from 2012 U.S. Coin Digest, the most complete and detailed color guide to U.S. coins, this...

He doesn't just have a license to kill; he also has a license to tell time. Bond's creator Ian Fleming made sure to give the world's most famous secret agent a wristwatch in his novels. In the eleventh volume (there are a total of 14 original editions), On Her Majesty's Secret Service, which was published...