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PART 1 MAKING HEADS AND TAILS OUT OF COIN COLLECTING |
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Chapter 1 Welcome to the World of Coin Collecting |
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On Your Mark, Get Set, Go: Starting Your Coin Collection |
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Eeny, Meeny, Miney, Moe: Deciding Which Coins to Collect |
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I Pledge Allegiance: Turning Your Attention to U.S. Coins |
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I'll Take That One, and That One, and That One: Buying Coins |
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Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow: Selling Your Coins |
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Chapter 2 Understanding Numismatics |
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Admitting Your Numismatism |
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Discovering How Cool Coin Collecting Can Be |
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Collecting versus Accumulating |
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Collecting Various Types of Coins |
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Getting Excited about Collecting Today |
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Chapter 3 Arming Yourself with Knowledge |
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Gaining Knowledge Before You Buy |
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Understanding the parts and purpose of a coin |
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Putting the book before the coin |
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Age: Good for wine, good for coins? |
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Condition: Pumping them up |
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Demand: Demanding high dollar |
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Rarity: Hunting for treasures |
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Supply: Giving them what they want |
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Chapter 4 Storing Your Collection Correctly |
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Holdering Them the Right Way |
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Keeping Away from the Cleaning Products |
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Wash your hands before touching |
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Ask before removing a coin from a holder |
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Handle a coin by the edges |
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Hold a coin over a soft surface |
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Keeping Them High and Dry |
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Securing Your Stash: At Home and on the Road |
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Deciding between a home safe and a safe-deposit box |
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Carrying coins in your car |
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Carrying coins on a plane |
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How comforting is your inn? |
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PART 2 ANCIENT TO PRESENT DAY: CHOOSING COINS FOR YOUR COLLECTION |
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Chapter 5 Showing Their True Age: Ancient Coins |
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Ancient Coins --- of Gods and Men |
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Deciding Which Ancient Coins to Collect |
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Understanding How Age Affects Value |
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Knowing where you can get 'em |
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Chapter 6 Making a Safe Bet with U.S. Coins |
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Discovering a Finely Tuned Market |
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Understanding Why U.S. Coins Are So Popular |
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Recognizing Desirable Coin Characteristics: Liquidity, Liquidity, Liquidity |
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Chapter 7 Globetrotting with World Coins |
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A Few Hints for Beginners |
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Collecting by denomination |
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Recognizing the Hot and Cold Countries |
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Understanding That Grading Standards Are Not All the Same |
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Obsession with quality is okay --- to a point |
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Extremely Fine is not Extremely Fine is not Extremely Fine |
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Chapter 8 Exploring the Wild Side with Rare, Expensive, and Esoteric Coins |
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Looking for the Best of the Best |
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Collecting Finest Known coins |
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Checking Condition Census |
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Recognizing Odd and Curious Money |
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Investigating Tokens, Medals, and Miscellaneous Coins |
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Collecting by Die Variety --- the Spice of Life |
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PART 3 FOCUSING ON U.S. COINS |
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Chapter 9 Colonial Coins: America's Ancients |
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Recognizing a Colonial Coin |
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Locating Foreign Coins Used in the American Colonies |
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Appreciating How Colonies and States Expressed Themselves |
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Collecting Privately Issued Coins and Tokens |
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Distinguishing Quasiofficial Colonial Coins |
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Nova Constellatio coppers |
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Washingtoniana: America Goes Ape for Its First President |
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1791 Washington large eagle cent |
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Liberty and Security penny |
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Chapter 10 Copper and Nickel Coins: Made for the Masses |
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Getting the Hang of Half Cents |
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Major types of U.S. half cents |
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Collecting U.S. half cents |
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Living Large with Large Cents |
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Major types of U.S. large cents |
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Collecting U.S. large cents |
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Major types of U.S. small cents |
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Collecting U.S. small cents |
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Taking on Two-Cent Pieces |
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Rounding Up the Three-Cent Nickel |
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Firing Up for the Five Cents (or Nickels) |
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Major types of U.S. five-cent pieces |
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Collecting U.S. five-cent pieces |
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Chapter 11 Silver Coins: Keeping Commerce Alive |
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Thrilling Yourself with Three-Cent Silvers |
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Major types of U.S. three-cent silvers |
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Collecting U.S. three-cent silvers |
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Major types of U.S. half dimes |
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Collecting U.S. half dimes |
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Major types of U.S. dimes |
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Touring Around for 20-Cent Pieces |
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Calling All Quarter Dollars |
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Major types of U.S. quarter dollars |
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Collecting U.S. quarter dollars |
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Holding On to Half Dollars |
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Major types of U.S. half dollars |
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Collecting U.S. half dollars |
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Digging Around for Dollars |
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Major types of U.S. dollars |
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Chapter 12 Gold Coins: Concentrated Wealth |
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Liberty-head gold dollar (1849--54) |
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Indian-princess gold dollar (1854--89) |
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Turban Head $2.50 gold piece (1796--1807) |
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Capped Bust $2.50 gold piece (1808--34) |
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Classic Head $2.50 gold piece (1834--39) |
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Liberty-head $2.50 gold piece (1840--1907) |
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Indian-head $2.50 gold piece (1908--29) |
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Turban Head $5 gold piece (1795--1807) |
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Capped Bust $5 gold piece (1807--34) |
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Classic Head $5 gold piece (1834--38) |
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Liberty-head $5 gold piece (1839--1908) |
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Indian-head $5 gold piece (1908--29) |
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Turban Head $10 gold piece (1795--1804) |
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Liberty-head $10 gold piece (1838--1907) |
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Indian-head $10 gold piece (1907--33) |
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Liberty-head $20 gold piece (1849--1907) |
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Saint-Gaudens $20 gold piece (1907--33) |
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Chapter 13 Commemoratives: Raising Money with Money |
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The Early Years (1892--1934): Commemoratives Under Control |
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The Age of Abuse (1934--54): Commemoratives Out of Control |
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Modern Commemoratives (1982--present): Money Coins |
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Circulating Commemoratives |
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Tips for Collecting Commemoratives |
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Chapter 14 Advancing to Oddball Coins |
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Understanding Pattern Coins |
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Collecting Pioneer or Private Gold |
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Finding Confederate Coins |
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Recognizing Hawaiian Coins |
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PART 4 BUYING AND SELLING COINS THE SAFE WAY |
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Chapter 15 Wheeling and Dealers |
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Finding a Good Coin Dealer |
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Evaluating the global pros |
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Surfing the Net for a Deal |
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Chapter 16 Grading and Authenticity, Rarity, and the Establishment of Value |
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Factors That Affect Grade |
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Circulated vs. Uncirculated Coins |
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Proofs, Patterns, and Specimens |
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Overgrading and Overpricing |
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Authenticity and Originality |
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Rarity and the Establishment of Value |
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Market Demand and Survival Rate |
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Chapter 17 Foiling the Fakes |
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Finding Out about Repaired, Restored, and Recolored Coins |
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Saving the Day: Return Privileges and Guarantees |
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Chapter 18 Grading with the Pros |
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Submitting coins to be graded |
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Numismatic Guarantee Company (NGC) |
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Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS) |
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Certified Acceptance Corporation (CAC) |
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Restoration and Conservation |
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Chapter 19 Selling Your Coins Yourself |
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Deciding Whether to Sell Coins Yourself |
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Getting Ready to Sell Your Collection |
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Understanding that looks are everything |
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Getting the grading done beforehand |
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Knowing Where to Sell Your Coins |
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Direct marketing via publications or online services |
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Mastering the Art of Selling |
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Convey a sense of urgency |
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Chapter 20 Going Once, Going Twice: Buying at Auction |
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Flying Like Bees to Honey |
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Reading the terms and conditions of sale |
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Hauling Yourself to Online Auctions |
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Getting Internet versions of auction catalogs |
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Chapter 21 The Coin Auction Arena |
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Heritage Auctions: "The Titan" |
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Top Performing Auction Houses |
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286 | (1) |
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Great Collections Coin Auctions |
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287 | (1) |
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Legend Rare Coin Auctions |
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288 | (1) |
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288 | (1) |
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Chapter 22 Coin Investments, Taxes, and the Law |
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Investing in Coins in Theory |
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293 | (3) |
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296 | (1) |
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Chapter 23 The Ten Most Valuable U.S. Coins |
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1933 Double Eagle ($18,872,250) PCGS MS65 |
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301 | (1) |
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1794 Flowing Hair Dollar ($10,016,875) |
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302 | (1) |
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1787 Brasher Doubloon EB on Wing ($9,360,000) |
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303 | (1) |
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1822 $5 ($8,400,000) PCGS AU50 |
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1804 Bust Dollar ($7,680,000) PCGS PF68 |
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1787 Brasher Doubloon EB on Breast ($7,395,000) |
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1861 $20 Paquet Reverse ($7,200,000) |
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306 | (1) |
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1794 $1 (Lord St Oswald) ($6,600,000) PCGS MS66+ |
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723 AD Umayyad Gold Dinar (£3,720,000-$6,029,400) |
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307 | (1) |
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1804 $10 Proof Eagle (5,280,000) PCGS PF65+ DCAM |
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308 | (3) |
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Chapter 24 Ten Favorite U.S. Coin Designs |
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311 | (1) |
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312 | (1) |
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1907 Ultra-High Relief Double Eagle |
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313 | (1) |
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313 | (1) |
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1785 Immune Columbia Constelatio in Gold |
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314 | (1) |
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1809-36 Capped Bust Half Dollar, Second Style |
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315 | (1) |
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316 | (1) |
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Chapter 25 Ten Ways to Get Your Kids Involved in Coin Collecting |
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Show Them Some of Your Favorite Coins |
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Show Them a Book That Illustrates the Coins You Own |
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318 | (1) |
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Show Them Interesting Coin Websites |
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318 | (1) |
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Start Them on Collecting the 50 State Quarters or the Presidential $1 Coins |
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Use Coins in a School Project |
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Take Them to a Coin Dealer |
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320 | (1) |
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Take Them to a Coin Auction |
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