A Guide Book of Flying Eagle and Indian Head Cents

by Richard Snow, Tom DeLorey

Overview

Award-winning author Richard Snow examines the Flying Eagle and Indian Head cents of 1856 to 1909, exploring mintages, challenges for the collector, and interesting varieties. His date-by-date research is enhanced by historical essays as well as an engaging overview of the series by the “dean of American numismatics,” Q. David Bowers. This expanded second edition includes an illustrated biography of designer James Longacre; an appendix on detecting counterfeit and altered coins; an appendix of more than 1,000 recent auction records; a history of market prices going back to 1946; and a bibliography for further research—plus new sections on pattern coins and toned Proofs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780794838669
Publisher:	Whitman Publishing
Publication date:	01/01/2009
Series:	Official Red Book
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	NOOK Book
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	356,830
File size:	34 MB
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