The Coin Collector's Survival Manual is a coin collecting and investing reference book authored by Scott A. Travers that was first published by Arco, a Prentice-Hall imprint, in July 1984 simultaneously in hardcover and paper editions.

In 1988, when its second edition was published by Prentice Hall Trade, a division of Simon & Schuster, it was considered an important part of the coin literature.

Beginning with the fifth edition, The Coin Collector's Survival Manual incorporated another book authored by Scott A. Travers, How to Make Money in Coins Right Now, and the combination work was published in 2006 by House of Collectibles, an imprint of Random House.

[5] The Numismatic Literary Guild (NLG) gave The Coin Collector's Survival Manual twelve awards, including "Book of the Year" in 1984 and in 2006 for the fifth edition, where it was tied.

[8] The book has been cited in various news articles as authoritative about evaluating coins.