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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 1541589, member: 66&quot;]OK it sounds like what you want is a list of THE variety book for each series.&nbsp; I can give you some of them and some alternates.&nbsp; Hopefully some of the others can chime in with the series I don&#039;t know and flesh out some of the details.</p><p><br /></p><p>Half cents</p><p>Breen Encyclopedia of United States Half Cents 1793 to 1857.&nbsp; Alternate is The Little Half Sisters by Roger Cohen</p><p><br /></p><p>Large cents</p><p>Early dates</p><p>Walter breens Encyclopedia of Early United States Cents 1793 - 1814.&nbsp; Alternate would be United States Large Cents 1793 to 1814 by William Noyes&nbsp; second Alternate would be Penny Whimsy by William Sheldon (Any edition but 1990)</p><p><br /></p><p>Middle dates.</p><p>The Cent Book by John Wright.&nbsp; Alternate United States Large Cents 1816 to 1839 By William Noyes.&nbsp; Second alternate United States Cents 1816 to 1857 by Howard Newcomb.</p><p><br /></p><p>Late Dates </p><p>U.S. cents 1840 to 1857 by Robert Grellman.&nbsp; Alternate are two new books by William Noyes don&#039;t know titles.&nbsp; Second alternate by a wide margin is The Newcomb book listed earlier.</p><p><br /></p><p>Indian Head cents.</p><p>Snow has several books on theis series I don&#039;t know which is best.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lincoln cents</p><p>This series to too vast to have one dedicated book&nbsp; There are literally thousands and thousands of varieties.&nbsp; Best choices are probably Looking through Lincoln cents by Charles Daughtery, Encyclopedia of Lincoln cents by Sol Taylor, and the Cherrypickers Guide.</p><p><br /></p><p>Two cent pieces</p><p>I think Flynn&#039;s book on two cent pieces is probably the best, I don&#039;t know the actual title.</p><p><br /></p><p>Three cent silver</p><p>Flynn has the only book I know of on this series.</p><p><br /></p><p>Three cent nickels</p><p>The Ultimate Guide to US Three Cent Nickels 1865 to 1889 by Allan Gifford (This book is impossible to get.&nbsp; Only a few hundred copies and it has been out of print for over 20 years.&nbsp; There has been a copy up on Abesbooks for $500 for some time now but it is the only copy I&#039;ve seen listed for over five years.)&nbsp; Alternate is another book by Flynn, not as good but it&#039;s a little more available.</p><p><br /></p><p>Half dimes</p><p>Everything except Seated</p><p>Federal Half Dimes 1794 to 1837.&nbsp; Long out of Print shows up from time to time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Seated</p><p>Liberty Seated Half Dimes 1837 to 1873 by Al Blythe.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Dimes </p><p>Everything til 1837</p><p>Early United States Dimes 1796 to 1837&nbsp; A great book but nearly impossible to get, will run you from $250 to $450 if you can find one.</p><p><br /></p><p>Seated</p><p>The best book isn&#039;t a book it&#039;s a website <a href="http://www.seateddimevarieties.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.seateddimevarieties.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.seateddimevarieties.com/</a>&nbsp; Alternate is Liberty Seated dimes by Brian Greer.</p><p><br /></p><p>Barber Dimes</p><p>Book by Flynn</p><p><br /></p><p>Mercury</p><p>Another book by Flynn</p><p><br /></p><p>Roosevelts</p><p>I&#039;m not aware of one</p><p><br /></p><p>Twenty cent pieces</p><p>Not aware of a good one</p><p><br /></p><p>Quarters</p><p>1796 to 1837</p><p>Early Quarter Dollars of the United States Mint</p><p><br /></p><p>Seated</p><p>Liberty Seated Quarters 1838 to 1891 by Larry Briggs</p><p><br /></p><p>Barbers</p><p>Book by Larry Flynn</p><p><br /></p><p>Standing Liberty</p><p>Standing Liberty Quarters&nbsp;&nbsp; Fourth edition by J H Cline</p><p><br /></p><p>Washington</p><p>I think there is a book but I don&#039;t know what it is.</p><p><br /></p><p>Half dollars 1794 to 1836</p><p>&nbsp;Early Half Dollar Die Varieties: Third Edition by Overton&nbsp;&nbsp; Alternate is the fourth edition.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reeded edge halves </p><p>There is a new book that just came out </p><p><br /></p><p>Seated halves</p><p>standard reference is by Wiley and Buggart, long out of print and not as complete as it needs to be.&nbsp; it can be read on line at <a href="http://blog.davidlawrence.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://blog.davidlawrence.com/" rel="nofollow">http://blog.davidlawrence.com/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>As a work in progress they are revising the book listed ALL of the known varieties and it is coming out one mint at a time.&nbsp; I think they have published three volumes so far.</p><p><br /></p><p>Barber halves</p><p>Another book by Flynn</p><p><br /></p><p>There are books on the walkers, franklins, and kennedy&#039;s but I am not familiar with them</p><p><br /></p><p>Early Dollars</p><p>Early dollars 1794 to 1803 by Jules Reiver (a revision of the Bolender book.)</p><p><br /></p><p>The Fantastic 1804 dollar by Newman and Bressett</p><p><br /></p><p>Seated Liberty</p><p>Seated liberty Dollars by Wilmar White&nbsp; Covers series but not much on varieties.</p><p><br /></p><p>Trade Dollars</p><p>The United States trade dollar: America&#039;s only unwanted, unhonored coin.&nbsp; by John M. Willem</p><p><br /></p><p>Morgan and Peace dollars&nbsp; </p><p>The Comprehensive Catalogue and Encyclopedia of U. S. Morgan and Peace Silver Dollars by Leroy Van Allen and George Mallis&nbsp; fourth edition</p><p><br /></p><p>There is a book on Ikes I have a copy but don&#039;t remember the title</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know of anything on the small size dollars although there is a good website on the, <a href="http://www.smalldollars.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.smalldollars.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.smalldollars.com/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m out of my league when we get to gold so I&#039;ll let someone who knows more take over.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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