Encyclopedia of Colonial and Early American Coins

Only Q. David Bowers, the “Dean of American Numismatics,” could have produced a book as comprehensive and authoritative as the first edition of the Whitman Encyclopedia of Colonial and Early American Coins. Now, in the second edition, Bowers and his panel of specialists in the field add newly discovered coins, bring fresh historical research to the text, and update hundreds of listings with new information, rarity figures, pricing, and images. This fully revised and updated edition remains the definitive reference on colonial and early American coins, tokens, and related issues.

Includes:

• Chapter 1: Money in Early America
• Chapter 2: Minting and Distribution
• Chapter 3: Collecting Colonial Coins
• Chapter 4: How to Use This Book
• Chapter 5: Silver Coins of Massachusetts
• Chapter 6: British Coins and Tokens for America, Early Issues
• Chapter 7: American Coins and Tokens from 1783 to 1788
• Chapter 8: Other Early American Pieces
• Chapter 9: European Coins and Tokens for America, Later Issues
• Chapter 10: Early Washington Coins and Tokens
• Chapter 11: Unrelated Foreign Coins
• Chapter 12: 19th Century Colonial Copies and Fantasies
• Selected Bibliography
• Index

This is the new definitive reference on colonial and early American coins and tokens, and related issues. Full color and fully illustrated with hundreds of detailed photographs. 

Binding: Hardcover 
Edition: 2nd
Publication Date: September 8, 2020
Size: 8.5 x 11
Pages: 352