The Official Whitman Statehood Quarters Collector's Handbook: An Official Whitman Guidebook

by kenneth-bressett

-- Exciting New Program. Beginning in January 1999, the U.S. Treasury Department began releasing the 50 Statehood Quarters. They will continue to produce five new quarters a year, until 2008. This program has spurred an amazingly widespread resurgence in coin collecting.-- Nationwide Phenomenon. Never has coin-collecting been so popular and so much -- Since the first Statehood Quarter was released, more than 100 million Americans have caught coin-collecting fever.-- Over 6 billion Statehood Quarters are produced each year.-- The Ultimate Guide. Our book cover all the bases of the Statehood Quarters, from their history and design, to how readers can best collect and store their coins. Coming from Whitman RM, the most trusted coin resource, and priced competitively, ours will be the ultimate guide for Statehood Quarters enthusiasts -- all 100 million of them!-- Statehood Quarter Books Are Hot! Our own Whitman RM Statehood Quarters folders and albums have more than 5 million copies in print!-- Expert Author. Kenneth Bressett, renowned numismatics (coin collecting) expert and former president of the American Numismatic Association, has written several works on coin collecting, including the recent St. Martin's Griffin title The Whitman RM Guide to Coin Collecting. He is one of only five civilians to sit on the U.S. Mint's Statehood Quarters Program design advisory committee.

96 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2000