DESCRIPTION
The latest installment in WhitmanÆs best-selling and award-winning CherrypickersÆ Guide series, this volume covers collectible die varieties of half cents through nickel five-cent pieces. Included are some of the most popular American coin types, including Lincoln cents and Buffalo nickels. This handy book tells you how to ôcherrypickö - that is, how to examine a collection of coins to locate those with unusual characteristics: doubled and tripled dies, overdates, repunched mintmarks, and other features that can reveal a supposedly common coin to be a rare and valuable variety. 448 pages, 6 x 9 inches
