From creative minds worldwide have come fantasy coin issues never listed in any other comprehensive reference. Unusual Coins includes thousands of issues spawned from the non-circulating legal tender boom, but not fitting into the realm of legitimate coinage. Here you'll find coins used by the inhabitants of Middle Earth in The Lord of the Rings. These are real coins, created by Tom Maringer of Scottsdale, Ark., based on reference to coins in the trilogy. Unusual World Coins features: • Expanded Page Count: to accommodate over 7,000 photos • Clear images of coins • Detailed descriptive listings • Over 12,000 accurate market values About the Author George Cuhaj is an experienced and accomplished numismatist and researcher. An avid collector with a passion for this hobby, he is closely aligned with leaders in the field. A past president of the American Medalic Sculpture Association, he is a frequent instructor at the American Numismatic Association's Summer Seminars. George is also editor for The Standard Catalog of World Paper Money series. Thomas Michael holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and a Master of Arts degree in economics. He has more than 20 years of experience researching and reporting on world coin prices and market trends.

Coin World 2002 Guide to U.S. Coins, Prices & Value Trends is your best source of information, whether you are an experienced collector or a beginner. It is the only book that gives you: The most accurate and up-to-date prices of any annual guide -more than 30,000 coin values Values for more levels of preservation, to determine more accurately the value of your coins Price-performance graphs visually tracking a 12-year history of every series of U.S. coins Comprehensive coin market analysis, original issue prices of Proof and Mint sets, history of the Mint and coinage, a visual guide to collectible error coins, and much, much more The nation's top collectors and coin dealers trust Coin World to bring them an unbiased, honest picture of today's exciting coin collecting hobby. Now you, too, can take advantage of Coin World's knowledge, insight, and expertise in this convenient, fully up-to-date book of essential information for the coin collector.

This is a guide for people who buy and sell silver coins-on eBay, on other Internet websites, at coin shows or coin stores, or elsewhere. It is intended for those who buy or sell coins based on their investment value, rather than their design or scarcity. This book displays the bullion value of silver coins for every world nation and year of origin between 1800 and 2000. An alphabetical listings of countries and denominations (and sometimes a simple addition), shows the base value of any common silver coin. This is vital information, because many current coin guides have not recalculated bullion values, and continue to estimate coin value based on silver prices from a time when it was worth only a fraction of today's value.

Providing expanded coverage for high-grade modern coins struck since 1934, and the most accurate prices of any annual guide, this edition presents more than 50,000 coin values. Original.

Acclaimed as its "Book of the Year" by the Numismatic Literary Guild, the 1993 edition of this #1 reference includes more than 22,000 of the most up-to-date values for all U.S. coins and commemoratives, at-a-glance price performance graphs for tracking over five years of coin values, an expanded index, mintage tables, hundreds of coin-sized photos, and more. (Collectibles)