The Almanac of United States Coins is an illustrated catalog of useful and entertaining information with Detailed Photographs to identify your coins, and Retail Price Charts telling how much they're worth. Based on the expertise of more than 100 professional coin dealers and researchers. Also featuring amusing stories, amazing essays, and outstanding facts figures about all manner of rare and historical of the United States of America. Contents included: Introduction to U.S. Coins Today’s Rare-Coin Market How to Grade Your Coins Proof Coins Third-Party Grading and Authentication Collecting Colonial and Early American Coins Half Cents and Large Cents Small Cents Two-Cent Pieces Three-Cent Pieces Five-Cent Pieces Half Dimes Dimes Twenty-Cent Pieces Quarters Half Dollars Silver Dollars Trade Dollars Gold Coins Commemoratives Proof and Mint Sets Bullion Coins Tokens and Medals Puerto Rican and Philippines Coins Errors and Misstruck Coins Plus essays on How to Sell Your Coins Famous Coin Collectors of the Past Million-Dollar Coins Treasures and Hoards Shipwrecks Cherrypicking Coins (Treasures in Your Pocket Change) Checking Your Coins for Authencity Joke and Cartoons and more!