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Coins & Prices
A GUIDE TO U.S., CANADIAN AND MEXICAN COINS
27TH EDITION
2018 North American
David C. Harper, Editor
Richard Giedroyc & Thomas Michael, Market Analysts
The World’s Best-Selling Coin Books
Copyright ©2017 F+W Media, Inc.
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ISSN 1935-0562
ISBN-13: 978-1-4402-4849-8
ISBN-10: 1-4402-4849-4
Cover Design by Kevin Ulrich
Designed by Rebecca Vogel
Edited by Tracy Schmidt and Thomas Michael
Printed in the United States of America
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Contents
INTRODUCTION
1 - The Grading Factor ................4
2 - Introduction To Pricing .........23
• Silver, Gold and Platinum
Bullion Coinage ............. 464
• Sets .................................493
New Brunswick
..................498
Newfoundland
....................500
Nova Scotia
.........................507
Prince Edward Island
.......510
UNITED STATES
Colonial Coinage
.................25
• Early American Tokens .....27
• Royal Patent Coinage .......31
• Continental Currency .......33
Post Revolutionary
America
..................................35
• State Coinage ...................35
• American Tokens ..............42
Federal America
..................49
• Early Federal Patterns .....49
• Confederatio .....................51
• Early Federal Coinage ......52
• Issues of 1792 ..................53
Circulation Issues,
1793-present
........................55
• 50 State Quarters ...........111
• DC and Territories ...........120
• America the
Beautiful Quarters .......... 121
• Presidential Dollars .........158
Sets and Rolls
....................190
Commemoratives
..............195
Silver, Gold and Platinum
Bullion Coinage
.................235
MEXICO
Spanish Colonial Era
........511
• Proclamation
Medallic Coinage........... 543
War of Independence
.......545
• Royalist ...........................545
• Insurgent.........................559
• Multiple Countermark .....575
Local Issues
........................578
Empire of Iturbide
.............582
First Republic
.....................585
• Profile Eagle....................586
• State Coinage .................589
• Federal Coinage .............596
Empire of Maximilian
.......632
Second Republic
................633
Estados Unidos
..................658
• Silver, Gold, Platinum and
Series Bullion Coinage .. 719
• Medallic Coinage............739
Revolutionary Coinage
1914-1917 ...............................740
CANADA
Issues of the Confederation
1858-present
......................258
RESOURCES
US, Canada & Mexico.............766
1
The Grading Factor
How to classify a coin's condition
By Arlyn G. Sieber
Grading is one of the most important factors in buying and selling coins as
collectibles. Unfortunately, it’s also one of the most controversial. Since the early
days of coin collecting in the United States, buying through the mail has been a
convenient way for collectors to acquire coins. As a result, there has always been
a need in numismatics for a concise way to classify the amount of wear on a coin
and its condition in general.
A look back
In September 1888, Dr. George Heath, a physician in Monroe, Mich., published
a four-page pamphlet titled
The American Numismatist.
Publication of subsequent
issues led to the founding of the American Numismatic Association, and
The Nu-
mismatist,
as it’s known today, is the association’s official journal. Heath’s first issues
were largely devoted to selling world coins from his collection. There were no formal
grades listed with the coins and their prices, but the following statement by Heath
indicates that condition was a consideration for early collectors:
“The coins are in above average condition,” Heath wrote, “and so confident am
I that they will give satisfaction, that I agree to refund the money in any unsatisfac-
tory sales on the return of the coins.”
As coin collecting became more popular and The Numismatist started accept-
ing paid advertising from others, grading became more formal. The February 1892
issue listed seven “classes” for the condition of coins (from worst to best): muti-
lated, poor, fair, good, fine, uncirculated, and proof. Through the years, the hobby
has struggled with developing a grading system that would be accepted by all and
could apply to all coins. The hobby’s growth was accompanied by a desire for more

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