I have the 1954 Stack's catalog of the Anderson DuPont collection of U.S. Large Cents from 1793 - 1857 with Prices realized. It was forwarded and cataloged by Dr. Sheldon, with photos as of that time. It is a highlight of my reference section. Jim
Thanks to everyone that put their two-cents in. As soon as I get up the money I am doing some shopping. I finally saw where I read about Bowers' new book. It was in the 30 March edition of CoinWorld.
I use Sheldon's Penny Whimsy for descriptions with The 2009 Pre Longbeach online catalog for pictures for Early dates. It also includes the new varieties found since Sheldon's book was published. http://www.icollector.com/The-Pre-Long-Beach-Sale_as14916 I use The Cent Book by John Wright for middle dates. If I get into late dates, I'd invest in Grellmans book. I'm a little paranoid about the Pre Longbeach site being taken down so I copied each image to my hard drive for personal use in case it goes away. The images are outstanding.