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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 3566347, member: 66"]It won't cover values, but if you are wanting the history and reasons for the coins the book you want is The Early Coins of America by Sylvester Crosby. (full title is</p><p><font size="5">The early coins of America and the laws governing their issue. Comprising also descriptions of the Washington pieces, the Anglo-American tokens, many pieces of unknown origin of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and the first patterns of the United States mint)</font></p><p>Fortunately it isn't expensive. First published in 1875 and has been reprinted many many times. It is STILL the standard go to reference for the backstory behind most of the colonials and it does try to cover the different varieties as well. It is available for about $30 or so There is a 1974 reprint on ebay right now for $24 including shipping.</p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Early-Coins-of-America-Sylvester-S-Crosby-1974-Quarterman-Reprint-/153508974588?_trksid=p2385738.m4383.l4275.c10" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Early-Coins-of-America-Sylvester-S-Crosby-1974-Quarterman-Reprint-/153508974588?_trksid=p2385738.m4383.l4275.c10" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Early-Coins-of-America-Sylvester-S-Crosby-1974-Quarterman-Reprint-/153508974588?_trksid=p2385738.m4383.l4275.c10</a></p><p><br /></p><p>A print on demand copy can be had on abebooks for $16 with free shipping.</p><p><a href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=22897456915&searchurl=sortby%3D17%26tn%3Dthe%2Bearly%2Bcoins%2Bof%2Bamerica&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title19" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=22897456915&searchurl=sortby%3D17%26tn%3Dthe%2Bearly%2Bcoins%2Bof%2Bamerica&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title19" rel="nofollow">https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=22897456915&searchurl=sortby=17&tn=the+early+coins+of+america&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title19</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The print on demand would be cheaper but I would probably go with the ebay one, it's a hardcover and should also arrive faster.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are several available on amazon in the low $30's.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would also recommend the book I.cuter mentioned The Whitman Encyclopedia of Colonial and Early American Coins[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 3566347, member: 66"]It won't cover values, but if you are wanting the history and reasons for the coins the book you want is The Early Coins of America by Sylvester Crosby. (full title is [SIZE=5]The early coins of America and the laws governing their issue. Comprising also descriptions of the Washington pieces, the Anglo-American tokens, many pieces of unknown origin of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and the first patterns of the United States mint)[/SIZE] Fortunately it isn't expensive. First published in 1875 and has been reprinted many many times. It is STILL the standard go to reference for the backstory behind most of the colonials and it does try to cover the different varieties as well. It is available for about $30 or so There is a 1974 reprint on ebay right now for $24 including shipping. [url]https://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Early-Coins-of-America-Sylvester-S-Crosby-1974-Quarterman-Reprint-/153508974588?_trksid=p2385738.m4383.l4275.c10[/url] A print on demand copy can be had on abebooks for $16 with free shipping. [URL='https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=22897456915&searchurl=sortby%3D17%26tn%3Dthe%2Bearly%2Bcoins%2Bof%2Bamerica&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title19']https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=22897456915&searchurl=sortby=17&tn=the+early+coins+of+america&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title19[/URL] The print on demand would be cheaper but I would probably go with the ebay one, it's a hardcover and should also arrive faster. There are several available on amazon in the low $30's. I would also recommend the book I.cuter mentioned The Whitman Encyclopedia of Colonial and Early American Coins[/QUOTE]
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