Cash In Your Coins 3rd Edition

by Beth Deisher

Overview

This book is for anyone who's inherited a collection (or hoard) of old coins. How rare are they? What are they worth? Should you sell? Where do you even begin? Your guide on this journey is author Beth Deisher, an award-winning journalist and retired editor of Coin World, the hobby's premier news weekly. Drawing on more than 35 years of experience helping people understand and collect coins and paper currency, Deisher shows you how to identify what you own, how to create an inventory, how to pick out extra-valuable coins, how to value a large estate, "talking the talk" when you go to sell, the effect of the "fiscal cliff" and recent estate- and tax-related legislation, and other important and valuable lessons. Awarded "Best Specialized Book, Numismatic Investments" (Numismatic Literary Guild) Inside: "Can You Answer This Question?" Preparing to Look at Your Coins, The Basics of Coin Identification, The Adventure Begins, Identifying U.S. Coins, Uncirculated and Proof Sets, Identifying U.S. Paper Money, If It's Not a U.S. Coin, Creating an Inventory, Determining Value, Independent Appraisals, Taxes, Talking the Talk, Finding a Buyer. Also: Bullion value charts for silver and gold coins, Recommended reading, A convenient index. With: More than 900 full-color illustrations, Real-world case studies, Step-by-step instructions, Expert advice from one of coin collecting's most trusted authorities.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780794847241
Publisher:	Whitman Publishing
Publication date:	06/25/2019
Edition description:	3rd ed.
Pages:	304
Sales rank:	228,042
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

Table of Contents

Foreword Q. David Bowers vi

Publisher's Preface ix

Author's Preface xii

Chapter 1 Can You Answer This Question? 1

Chapter 2 Preparing to Look at Your Coins 16

Chapter 3 The Basics of Identification 30

Chapter 4 The Adventure Begins 38

Chapter 5 Identifying U.S. Coins by Design Type 50

Chapter 6 Uncirculated and Proof Sets 146

Chapter 7 Identifying U.S. Paper Money by Design Type 160

Chapter 8 If It's Not a U.S. Coin 170

Chapter 9 Creating an Inventory 182

Chapter 10 Determining Value 192

Chapter 11 Independent Appraisals 228

Chapter 12 Taxes 236

Chapter 13 Talking the Talk 254

Chapter 14 Finding a Buyer 266

Appendix A Bullion Value of Silver Coins 285

Appendix B Bullion Value of Gold Coins 286

About the Author and Acknowledgments 287

Index 289