2nd Edition. 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 "Great Collectors and Collections of the Past", new historical illustrations, updated auction records and a bullion-value chart. Whether you decide to collect from the beginning of United States coins in the late 1700s, or if you choose coins from the 1800s and 1900s, this book will provide you the reference tools you need: mintages, grades, collecting tips, prices, and more, all in one essential historical reference and price guide. Author: Q. David Bowers

"Mega red is the new expanded version of the hobby's best-selling guide book of United States coins (the red book), with more pricing in more grades than the regular edition, plus certified population data, more die varieties, and more auction records. It covers American coinage from colonial times to the modern day--copper tokens and half cents through $20 gold double eagles, plus bullion, commemoratives, Proof and Mint sets, significant patterns and medals, error coins, and other collectibles. It has everything you need to know about U.S. coins."--Provided by publisher.

"Fully illustrated catalog and retail valuation list--1556 to date."

Mega Red is the new expanded version of the hobby's best-selling Guide Book of United States Coins (the popular Red Book), with more pricing in more grades than the regular edition, plus market data, more die varieties, and greater depth overall. It covers American coinage from colonial times to the modern dayƒƒ‚ƒƒ‚‚‚ƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚"ƒƒ‚ƒƒ‚‚‚ƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚€ƒƒ‚ƒƒ‚‚‚ƒƒ‚‚ƒ‚‚"copper tokens and half cents through $20 gold double eagles, plus bullion, commemoratives, Proof and Mint sets, significant patterns and medals, error coins, and other collectibles. It has everything collectors, dealers, and professional numismatists need to know about U.S. coins. More than 8,000 items priced . . . 48,000 individual values . . . up to 13 grades . . . thousands of full-color images . . . more than 15,000 auction records. The new 6th edition includes a special expanded feature on all U.S. half dollars, 1790s to date.

Drawing on a lifetime of research, America's top coin historian presents the most comprehensive guide to U.S. coins ever published. The definitive numismatic reference book, with over 4,000 illustrations.