coins

An illustrated information and price guide to U.S. coins from 1652 to 2000, with background history about coins, and tips on determining whether a coin is counterfeit, cleaning and caring for coins, and selling coins.

"... features step by step instructions on shining a penny while encouraging further exploration on the topic. Simple sentence structure and word usage help children develop word recognition and reading skills."--.

An illustrated catalogue of historically significant and valuable coins from 350 countries including countries no longer in existence. Prices are based on dealer's offerings and auction records.

"When ten-year-old Derek and eight-year-old Sam move with their family to Virginia, they have no idea what adventures the summer will bring. As the brothers explore their creaky old house and the deep surrounding woods, they uncover a sixty-year-ols mystery of a valuable coin collection stolen from the local museum."--Back cover.

Ed and his friends accidentally sign up for a playwriting contest, a dangerous activity for someone who possesses the Silver Center, and what they write is pretty strange, but when it comes to actually performing the play, Ed's magic coin lends new meaning to the words "stage fright.".

In this story told mostly through letters, Noah Breth's feuding children come to Ghastly, Illinois, to follow a trail of limericks to their inheritance, while Seymour tries to convince Iggy and Olive to let him keep Mr. Breth's dog.

The face painting booth at the school fair provides plenty of opportunities to count combinations of coins adding up to fifty.

Currency is a fact of human life, and this book explores its genesis, beginning with those early coins and precious objects and tracing their legacy to the banknotes and fraud-detecting devices of the twenty-first century.

A quarter describes all the ways it is used from the time it is minted until it is taken back to a bank.

Provides information about nickels, describing what they are made of, what they are worth, and what they look like.