! NATIONAL COIN BOOK NATIONAL C OIN BOOK ASSO CIATION I KIN B A A. s . W L S URG, P . , U . 5C‘ IIIIIIllIIIIIIIIIIIHIlllllllllllllllllllllllfllllllflllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIlIIIIllIIIlIJIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIiIIIIllIlllllllilllllllllIlIllIllllllllllllllllflllllllllllllllllllfl lfllllI COP YRIGH T; ‘ 1914 fl , rm 2\ ma ( DO A3 8 7 6 4 7 f TH E NATIONAL C OIN BO OK An Ency cl op edi a of m r c an Forei n and nc nt C oi ns A e i , g A ie . A complete list of Rare American C oins from l S i the ear iest period to the present time , how ng premiums paid therefor . A comprehensive history of the coinage laws and currency ( current and uncurrent ) of the United States . A study of C ounterfeiting methods and how to detect them . A table of Foreign c O Ins showing their United S u tates val es . A careful compilation of useful numismatic i n th e th e n formation for the banker , merchant . stude t and the laym an . P UBLIS H ED BY TH E NA TIONAL C OIN BOO K A SSOCIA TI ON W L P A . U . S . I KINSBURG, , A Pri ce Fi fty Cents S . P A . U . 7 W S . ILKIN BURG, , A I PTI N F P LATE DES C R O O S . T A PLA E . U. S . Cop er p 1 3 1 94 17 8 179 1 0 1 48 79 7 9 9 8 8 8 . C , , , , , ents . PLATE e — - . H a C a u 1 79 3 1794 1 49 8 . lf s , , Flying Eagle C ent (Nickel) C 1864 Two ents ( Bronze ) . C 1868 Three ents (Nickel) . Five C ents (Nickel) 1883 ; without C E S NT . Five C ents ( Nickel ) 1866 ; Stars and Ray s . PLATE — 185 3 Three C ents . H — 1794 1829 1837 alf Dimes , , . C — 1 76 Silver Twenty ents 8 . — 1 1804 183 1 1838 Quarter Dollars , , . — 1794 1807 H alf Dollars , . — 1798 1809 1887 185 8 Dimes , , , . — 1794 1838 187 Dollars , , 8 . — 18 73 Trade Dollar . Dollar — - D 1840 Two and one half ollars . — 4 5 Three Dollars 8 4 . F — ive Dollars 1795 ; l — 1795 Ten Do lars . l — 1849 Twenty Dol ars . J NAT IO N AL COIN BOOK PLATE Dollars— round and octagon 78 8 — A e Dollar . Bechtl r 2 5 — 0 . Bechtler Twenty Dollars — Pikes P eak ( 1880 ) — ' Tw enty - five Dollars R ei cfi F — H ifty Dollars umbert . P LATE G . — l c n 1 5 5 a o ta e 8 . Dollar C . ( g ) — 1 l Ds U 8 9. Two and one ha f tah , 4 Fi ve D ollars 184 Oregon (beaver) 9 . U 1860 tah (lion ) . P fi 1 49 8 . aci c C O . ( eagle ) T on D ollars c Be htler Ruth C o . ) l ( i 1 5 1 B a dw In on d a 8 . — 1 49 T n U 8 . we ty Dollars tah , P E H LAT . l 694 - H P alf enny , C arolina . ’ 1722 — H alf P en Woods Series 17 3 7 — 111 P 177 6— H al f 178 6— C ent New ‘ 178 7 — H alf C eri t ( on eagle ) M3 88“ 17 87— C C n 5 ent , on 2 — fi 1 n E fi I . 787 C e t ( XO S O R ) N . Y A 9 s . I S P A U . WILK N BURG , , P . Rh LATE I Li ; 1 65 — P n M e S . 2 i e Tr e hilling , ass 1 652 — O a S M k . Tree hilling , ass E 1 77 3 H P n V arly alf e ny; irginia . A e — X11 P E m rican ence , New ngland s 1783 — 3 P C . M oin ence , aryland . 1783 — Shilling ( doves ) Maryland — v a . 178 3 S n M hilli g , aryland . 178 3 6 P ’c e M en aryland . ” PLATE J r ' 1 77 6— o Sun ver D llar , o Dial . 17 '83+— C Li b s . , ent , erta C 1785 — C ontinental ent , C onfederato . ' 1785 — n C c t U . s S . and , . in cript E l — E P r C . ; U xperimenta ent , lu num . — C . 792 H e oins 1 alf Dism . — C . U . Bar ent, S A . P LATE K . C anadian Token s . P LATE L . C Of C n N e nd British opper cents a ada , wfon C e d S . P c . olonies l and , rin E L C oins Canadian Tokens . T 1 n 8 8 . and wenty ce ts , 5 F 1903 Tokens : ; ifty cents . Two Dollars ( gold ) P E M LAT . — F Engl and One lorin . France— Two Francs i — Tu r k ey 20 Piastres . é“i Turkey— 1 P ara ( copp er ) NATIONAL C O IN BOOK — 25 Denmark Ore . Switzerland— 10 C entimes ( 1870) base . P — P hilippine Is . One eso P a nama— 5 0 C ent es imos PLATE N . — 2 L Italy ira . M Fr n t . P S . C artin ( olo y) eso . — 2 Lei Roumania . E — S 1603 ngland chilling (James I , ( u S m — B rmah ( ia ) Rupee . G — 20 P ermany fennig (nickel) . Gt . Newark ( Brit . ) C r o w n England— Crown ( 1893 ) Af a— 5 i s . ric Shill ngs \ T 0 PLA E . 1— t — P 1 9 G . t 2 7 7 Bri ence ( ) copper . ‘ — — 2 t H l P - Or . Brit . a f enny Token 18th C ( entury) copper . 3 — Si — am Tical ( silver) . — — 4 Milan Quattrino ( 1707 - 3 6 ) — — 5 1 - Japan B u ( 818 68 ) silver . — — 6 P 1 1 - 42 eru 2 Reales ( 7 7 ) Silver . 7— — r Japan Tempo ( b ass ) . 8— — 5 K Russia opecks copper . ) PLATE P . — l African Ring Money . n F M Chi a ork oney . — : M Chin 1 Razor oney . — Kn M 4 China ife oney . 1 S . G PA . U . WILKINSBUR , , A 1 GENERAL INFORMATIO N Prices quoted herein Show a range of from to fine good extra . C oins not mentioned in this book command no t little or premium , and are worth heir face value only The age of a coin does not give it value , scar i n M city be g more of a factor . any coins centuries old may be p urchased from any dealer for a \ few cents . Never clean a rare coin , as there is danger of c lessening its value . Oftentimes a orroded coin is v l t h an of more a u e a cleaned one . Pr u i fine c O Ins oof, nc rculated , and should be h a n l ed ‘ n d o the edge only . They should be kept s wrapped in chamois kin , or soft tissue paper so as not to come in contact with each other . The s l i h tes t s cr atch g , in the eyes of an expert , detracts c from the value of a oin . It IS’ a misdemeanor to mutilate United States L n . S ee aw C coins ( C overing oi s , page u All m tilated coins are uncurrent . There Is no gold in a ny of th e five- cent nickel - or one cent bronze pieces issued by . the United . S t G n ta es over ment . The United States Government do es not call in coins . For eIg n c O Ins are not a legal tender in the U S nited tates . “ P The motto E Pl uri h fl s 111mm fi rst ; fi s t us ed : on the c o w“ 7 12 NATIONAL ‘ COIN Boo! United States coi ns pr l o r to th e year 18 64 are “ o W e t o e c e l e without In G d Trust , the w nt p ce being the first coin bearin the motto . g; New coins ca nnot be struck until authorized by A c Wh n o l d t of C ongress . en a new desig for an esi n i m - d coin i s, adopted , the coinage of g l h n m e t c t e ew , dia e y eases , and ,cannot be h - five c b c c anged for twenty years , ex e t y ct of p _ A , C ongress . s Dies wear with use ; therefore , coins truck late m in the vear a y not be as perfect a s . th os e struck rh r ea e . Al l dies , according to law , must be destroyed immediately following the year in which they were issued . Th ere are ten diff erent kinds of money l n c i r ” i U St culat on in the nited ates , viz ( 1 ) g ( 2 a 3 old coins , ) stand rd silver dollars , ( ) 4 fi a 5 subsidiary silver , ( ) gold certi c tes , ( ) silver fi s 6 certi cate . ( ) treasury n tes issued under A ct f o g o ' l 14 1890 7 Un S ’f Ju y , , ( ) ited tates notes ( cal l ed g r een n 8 n backs and leg al te ders ) , ( ) ational ( 9 ) n ickel coins , bronze coins . l We n ‘ l do ot buy or sell ol d c oi ns of ahy fi i nd ‘ nor do we uar an r c s uo g tee p i e q ted . U pon application , we will furnish the address wh o u o d m of a reliable dealer b ys and sells l co s .