Designed to aid both beginning and advanced collectors in assembling a Type Collection tailored to individual tastes. Chapters are entitled "Notes on United States Copper and Nickel Coins," "Notes on United States Silver Coins," "Notes on United States Gold Coins," "United States Commemorative Coins (Silver)" "United States Commemorative Coins (Gold)" "Notes on Coins of the Colonial Period" and "Notes on California Fractional Gold Coins." Also includes two appendices and a bibliography.

(Key Words: numismatics, coins, collectibles, hobbies, Type Coins, Coin Collecting, Norman Stack).