Synopsis
The Official Red Book®- A Guide Book of United States Coins – is 74 Years young and going strong. Collectors around the country love the book’s grade-by-grade values, auction records, historical background, detailed specifications, high-resolution photographs, and accurate mintage data. How rare are your coins? How much are they worth? The Red Book tells you, covering everything from early colonial copper tokens to hefty Old West Silver dollars and dazzling gold coins. You’ll find 32,500+ prices for more than 7,600 coins, tokens, medals, sets, and other collectibles. You’ll also round out your education in commemoratives, Proof and Mint coins, error coins, Civil War Tokens, Confederate coins, private gold, and all the latest National Park quarters, Presidential and Native American dollars, Lincoln cents, and more. Articles on investing, grading coins, and detecting counterfeits will make you a savvy collector; and entertaining essays on the history of American coinage, shipwrecks and hoards, and the modern rare-coin market give you an inside look at “the hobby of kings.” These are just some of the features of the informative, entertaining, invaluable Red Book-the World’s best-selling coin price guide (more than 24 million copies sold).
About the Author
Jeff Garrett, founder of Mid-American Rare Coin Galleries, is considered one of the nation s top experts in U.S. coinage and knowledge lies at the foundation of Jeff s numismatic career. With more than 45 years of experience, he is one of the top experts in numismatics. The experts expert, Jeff has personally bought and sold nearly every U.S. coin ever issued. Not a day goes by that someone doesn t call on Jeff Garrett for numismatic advice. This includes many of the nation s largest coin dealers, publishers, museums and institutions, including the Smithsonian Institute s American History Museum where Garett is a board member and trusted consultant. In addition to owning and operating Mid-American Rare Coin Galleries, Jeff Garrett is a major shareholder in Sarasota Rare Coin Galleries. His combined annual sales in rare coins and precious metals between Mid-American in Kentucky and Sarasota Rare Coin Galleries in Florida total more than $25 million. Jeff has been a member of the prestigious Professional Numismatic Guild (PNG) since 1982 and has served as president of the organization. Jeff also served as the ANA president from 2015 until 2017. Jeff Garrett Biographical Highlights ANA life member since 1975 Elected as American Numismatic Association President (2015-2017) Elected as American Numismatic Association Vice-President (2013-2015) Elected to the American Numismatic Association Board of Governors, 2009 and 2011 Professional Numismatic Guild (PNG), member since 1982 Past president, vice president and treasurer of the PNG Recipient of the PNG Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient of the PNG Abe Kosoff Founders Award Recipient of the PNG Art Kagin Ambassador Award Author of 100 Greatest U.S. Coins (NLG 2003 Book of the Year) Author of United States Coinage: A Study By Type Author of Encyclopedia of United States Gold Coinage: 1795 1933, Circulating, Proof, Commemorative, and Pattern Issues Editor of The Official Redbook: A Guide Book of United States Coins Consultant to the Smithsonian Institution s National Numismatic Collection, Washington, D.C. AND Board member of the Smithsonian Museum of American History. Consultant to Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) Founder of the Bluegrass Coin Club 1994
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