• Front Cover
• Other Books by This Author
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Dedication
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Chapter 1 - Investing Big Money in Small Change
• The Start of Something Big
• Gold Coins as a Driving Market Force Bullion Coins Vs. Numismatic Coins
• Positive and Negative Influences
• Going for the Gold
• Coin Investing s Three Basic Risks
• Coin Grading
• How Coins Are Graded on a Scale of 1 through 70
• The Elements of Grading
• Registry Sets
• Being a Big Winner
• Common-Date Saint-Gaudens Double Eagles Graded Mint State-65
• Chapter 2 - The Top 88 Coins
• The 1933 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle
• Lafayette Dollars Graded Mint State-65
• Iowa Commemorative Half Dollars Graded Mint State-65
• Trade Dollars Graded Proof-64, 65, 66, or 67
• A Complete Set of Eisenhower Dollars, Proof Anduncirculated, in Typical Mint State Condition
• The 1804 Silver Dollar
• The 1792 Half Disme
• The 1856 Flying Eagle Cent in Proof-63, 64, or 65
• An Uncirculated Roll of 1950-D Jefferson Nickels
• The 1926-S Buffalo Nickel Graded Mint State-64
• The 1938-D Buffalo Nickel Graded Mint State-67
• The 1955 Doubled-Die Lincoln Cent Graded Mint State-63
• The 1995 Doubled-Die Lincoln Cent Graded Mint State-67
• The 1913-S Variety 2 Buffalo Nickel Graded Mint State-64
• The 1913 Variety 1 Buffalo Nickel Graded Mint State-66
• Proof-66 Nickel Three-Cent Pieces
• Mercury Dimes from the 1940s Graded Mint State-67 with Full Bands
• The 1909-S Lincoln Cent Graded Extremely Fine or Better
• The 1931-S Lincoln Cent Graded Mint State-65
• Type 3 Liberty Double Eagles Graded Proof-65
• An Uncirculated Roll of 1960 Small-Date Lincoln Cents
• A 1936 Walking Liberty Half Dollar Graded Proof-65
• Common-Date Walking Liberty Half Dollars Graded Mint State-66 or 67
• Franklin Half Dollars Graded Mint State-66 or Higher
• Susan B. Anthony Dollars Graded Proof-69 or 70
• Mint State 1809 1837 Capped Bust Dimes
• A Complete Set of U.S. Olympic Coins from Any Given Year
• An Isabella Quarter Graded Mint State-65
• Proof-70 American Eagles Sold for Tens of Thousands of Dollars
• One-Year Type Coins
• Coins Offered for Sale on Home-Shopping Television Programs
• Better-Date Silver Dollars
• Mint State-67 Commemorative Coins Priced Far above the Mint State-66 Level
• The 1915 Panama-Pacific $50 Gold Piece, Either Octagonal or Round
• Generic Morgan Dollars Graded Mint State-65, 66, or 67
• The 1864-L Indian Head Cent in Extremely Fine Condition or Better
• Modern Proof Coins Certified in Very High Grades and Sold at Ridiculously High Prices
• The 1793 Chain and Wreath Cents
• Bags of Uncirculated Late-Date Coins
• The Gobrecht Dollar
• Late-Date Proof Sets from 1968 to Date
• The 1912-S Liberty Head Nickel
• The 1883 Liberty Head Nickel without the Word Cents Graded Mint State-65
• The 1937-D Three-Legged Buffalo Nickel
• Mint-Error Coins Where Significant Magnification Is Needed to See the Mistake
• The Two-Cent Piece in Mint State-65 Red
• Proof Coins Priced Excessively High because Their Business-Strike Counterparts Are Scarce
• Shield Nickels Graded Proof-65 or Higher
• Common-Date Peace Dollars Graded Mint State-63 and 64
• The 1926-S Lincoln Cent Graded Mint State-64 Red
• Picked-Through Rolls of Uncirculated Silver Dollars
• Draped Bust Silver Dollars and Half Dollars Graded Au-50 to Au-55
• Russian 5-Ruble Gold Coins Certified in Grades of Mint State-65 and above and Sold for Excessively High Prices
• Early $2 1/2, $5, and $10 Gold Pieces in EF and AU Condition
• Common-Date British Sovereigns in Mint Condition Sold for Excessively High Prices
• Seated Liberty Dollars Graded Au-50 to Au-55
• Big-Mintage Modern Commemorative Coins from Small, Obscure Countries
• Copper-Nickel Indian Head Cents Graded Mint State-64
• Double-Trouble Coins
• Proof-65 Mercury Dimes
• A Roll of Common-Date Mercury Dimes in Average Uncirculated Condition
• Common-Date Barber Silver Coins in Mint State-64 or 65, or Proof-64 or 65
• A Complete Set of Average Uncirculated Franklin Half Dollars
• Twenty-Cent Pieces Certified as Proof-63 or 64
• Oversized Replicas of U.S. Coins Struck Privately in Silver
• The 1943 &Copper Cent
• Sets of 1946 through 1951 Booker T. Washington Commemorative Half Dollars
• Nickel Three-Cent Pieces Certified as Mint State-66 or 67
• The 1887/6 P-Mint Morgan Dollar Graded Mint State-64 and Higher
• Lower-Mintage American Eagle Bullion Coins, Undercertain Circumstances
• The Sacagawea Dollar
• The 1861-O Liberty Head Double Eagle Graded AU-50
• Gold and Platinum &Layered Coins
• The 1885-CC Morgan Dollar Graded Mint State-65
• Legal-Tender Coins Produced by Private Mints Such as the Franklin Mint for Issuance by Foreign Governments
• Type 2 and 3 Liberty Head Double Eagles Graded Mint State-60 through 63
• Fractional Gold Pieces Graded Mint State-63 through 65
• An 1877-S Liberty Head Double Eagle Graded Mint State-62
• The American Buffalo Bullion Gold Coin Certified as Mint State or Proof-70 First Strike
• The 1849 Liberty Double Eagle
• Average High-Grade Coins from Buried Treasure, Shipwrecks, and Hoards when First Brought to Market
• The 1875 Liberty Head Eagle Graded about Uncirculated-50
• The 1914 Indian Head Quarter Eagle Graded Mint State-62
• Early $2 1/2, $5, and $10 Gold Pieces in Mint Condition
• The 1936 Cleveland Commemorative Half Dollar Graded Mint State-65
• 1798-1807 Capped Bust Quarter Eagles Graded Extremely Fine-45
• 1924-S, 1925-S, and 1928-S Peace Dollars Graded Mint State-65
• Glossary
• About the Author
• Back Cover

SCOTT TRAVERS’ TOP 88 COINS TO BUY & SELL LOSER 4 « The 1792 half disme The coin we call the “nickel” is such a familiar part of our lives that we hardly ever give it a second look—or a second thought. We don’t stop to question why it’s so much larger than the dime, a coin with twice the value. Or why it’s called a “nickel” when its composition is actually 75 percent copper and only 25 percent nickel. It would come as a great surprise to most Americans to learn that for three-quarters of a century, the U.S. Mint didn’t even produce such a coin, and peo-ple made do instead with a small silver five-cent piece called the “half dime.” As its name suggests, the half dime was precisely half the weight of the dime and the same metallic composition, a more logical arrange-ment (although a less practical one) than what we have today. The nickel five-cent piece proved more convenient and therefore more popular when it was introduced in 1866, and the half dime was abol-ished seven years later. But when it first appeared, the small silver coin saw widespread use in commerce and suited our forefathers’ taste for coinage with high intrinsic value. 40