Download or read book The Up-to-Date Coin Book written by Royal Publishing Company and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-08 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Up-to-Date Coin Book: An Encyclopedia of Rare American and Foreign Coins, Giving the Dates of All Rare United States Coins, Paper Money, Etc. Showing Prices Paid for Them and by Whom Bought The prices paid for rare coins are chiefly regulated by their state of preservation, the number of pieces issued oi' a certain date, and the demand for same. But neither the metal out of which the coin is made, nor the age, has anything-to do with the prices paid. The prices quoted in this book are for coins in good to proof condition (see Conditions of hence to means that is the value between those prices, according to the condition of the coin. Never clean A rare coin. A somewhat corroded coin is oftentimes _niore valuable than a cleaned one. The cleaning of a rare coin considerably decreases its value. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.