Private & Pioneer Gold Coins of the United States

The newest addition to Whitman's popular Red Book Series (TM) explores the gold coinage struck by private mints from the Federal era to the early 1860's. Industry experts Donald Kagin and David McCarthy open a window onto the past, ranging from postcolonial New England to the Western frontier of the gold-rush era, and bringing to life the story of these extraordinary coins. History * pricing in up to nine grades * Kagin numbers * major rarities * GSID numbers * hundreds of color images!