The Investor's Guide to United States Coins
Two leading Numismatists and a Federal Reserve Bank Economist show how US Coins have preformed over the last fifty years. They proceed to then outline successful investment strategies for collecting coins in the future. Past portfolio performances are proven by the Economist in a formal statistical fashion. These are not just opinions being offered, by proven strategties backed up by facts in black and white.
The complete price history of United States type coins for the past fifty years is presented in a new 320 page hard covered second edition book coauthored by Neil Berman and Silvano DiGenova, with statistics and charts by Dr. Jason Perry, Economist for the Boston Federal Reserve Bank.
The prices listed in the book cover the years between 1955 and 2005, and show how each coin has appreciated during this time period. The Investors Guide contains of all the classically collected US coins with a photograph of each type coin, dates of issue, size, metal content, designers name, and specific comments and advice.
Included are examples of past coin portfolios and there performance against other types of investments such as Stocks, Bonds, Treasury Bills, Land, Homes, Oil, and the Consumer Price Index, and are shown in annually compounded rates of return. Each part of the coin market is compared to all the other parts of the coin market using population data and charts supplied by the Professional Coin Grading Service and the Numismatic Guarantee Corporation. Also, Advantages of Rare Coin Investments, Basic Rules for Rare Coin Investors and Collectors, Coin Grading, Authenticity, establishing Rarity and Price, and how to plan a Coin Portfolio. Additionally, there is an up to date list of recommendations for the collector and investor for the future. There is also a complete history of coins and a bibliography of all relevant books on specific coins. Lastly, coin collecting is examined in the current economic climate.
The first edition sold 40,000 books and won the Numismatic Literary Guilds Best Investment Book Award.
