Generations of coin collectors have grown up with the Lincoln cent, first minted in 1909 and today the nation’s longest-running coin series. Reed, shows the president’s broader influence on American numismatics. Mint designers and sculptors, error coins, patterns, proposed Bicentennial designs, and more.Īppendices explore the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee’s review of the 2010 Union Shield reverse, a snapshot of the Lincoln cent market in 1946, and how to get a new die variety listed in collector publications such as the “Red Book.” An illustrated appendix on Abraham Lincoln tokens and medals, by the late Fred L. It features hundreds of photographs, and insight on U.S. The new edition includes a thorough market analysis for each date and Mint mark of Lincoln cent produced through 2023, with pricing in up to nine circulated and Mint State grades, plus Proof grades.
The 328-page full-color book is available online at and from booksellers nationwide. It continues in the popular tradition of the other Bowers Series numismatic guides, which number more than two dozen volumes. Whitman Publishing has released an expanded and revised fourth edition of its best-selling Guide Book of Lincoln Cents.
