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	The Official Guide to Coin Grading and Counterfeit Detection Edition, Edition #2 (Official Guide to Coin Grading and Counterfeit Detection) by Professional Coin Gradi
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Product Details Binding Paperback Dewey Decimal Number 737.4 EAN 9780375720505 ISBN 0375720502 Manufacturer House of Collectibles Number Of Items 1 Number Of Pages 432 Publication Date March 09, 2004 Publisher House of Collectibles Release Date March 09, 2004 Availability Usually ships in 24 hours Product Description THE GUIDE THAT EXPLAINS, ILUSTRATES, AND SETS THE STANDARD FOR GRADING UNITED STATES COINS The world's largest and most prestigious coin grading organization has created an amazing, one-of-a-kind guide that reveals its grading and authentication secrets. From the introduction: 'By furnishing a simple yet detailed guide to grading coins, PCGS has made it easy to understand the number that appears on a grading holder. Reading this book will make you an expert.' – Jay W. Johnson, Former Director, United States Mint This book illustrates and explains with precise descriptions and digital images how you can determine the exact condition of a coin. Here is a coin grading volume so complete that—like its author, PCGS—it indeed sets the standard for grading coins. Inside this illustrated guide you will find: • The standards for grading all United States coins, including precise definitions of Mint State and circulated grades • An all-new section on how to grade America's 50-State quarters • The fundamentals of counterfeit detection • The secrets of handling and storing your collection • State-of-the-art techniques used to recognize 'doctored' coins • Over 600 detailed illustrations This detailed guide is the only book on the market that encompases so many facets of coin grading and counterfeit detection. THE GUIDE THAT EXPLAINS, ILUSTRATES, AND SETS THE STANDARD FOR GRADING UNITED STATES COINS The world's largest and most prestigious coin grading organization has created an amazing, one-of-a-kind guide that reveals its grading and authentication secrets. From the introduction: 'By furnishing a simple yet detailed guide to grading coins, PCGS has made it easy to understand the number that appears on a grading holder. Reading this book will make you an expert.' – Jay W. Johnson, Former Director, United States Mint This book illustrates and explains with precise descriptions and digital images how you can determine the exact condition of a coin. Here is a coin grading volume so complete that—like its author, PCGS—it indeed sets the standard for grading coins. Inside this illustrated guide you will find: • The standards for grading all United States coins, including precise definitions of Mint State and circulated grades • An all-new section on how to grade America's 50-State quarters • The fundamentals of counterfeit detection • The secrets of handling and storing your collection • State-of-the-art techniques used to recognize 'doctored' coins • Over 600 detailed illustrations This detailed guide is the only book on the market that encompases so many facets of coin grading and counterfeit detection. What an undertaking this book was -- 48 pages of gorgeous color, spectacular black-and-white images throughout, the grading standards of the Professional Coin Grading Service published in a book for the first time -- this is truly the book no serious coin collector can do without! I worked with the top names in coin grading on this one, and I basically had to just sit back and marvel at their expertise. This was a challenge to produce, but an incredible achievement. -- Randy Ladenheim-Gil, Editor, House of Collectibles Customers who bought this item also bought Photograde: Official Photographic Grading Guide for United States Coins, 19th Edition The Official Red Book: A Guide Book of United States Coins 2009 (Guide Book of United States Coins (Spiral)) (Guide Book of United States Coins (Spiral)) (Guide Book of United States Coins (Spiral)) The Official American Numismati Association Grading Standards For United States Coins (Official American Numismatic Association Grading Standards for United States Coins) A Guide Book of United States Coins 2008 Handbook of United States Coins 2009: The Official Blue Book (Handbook of United States Coins (Paper)) (Handbook of United States Coins (Paper)) (Handbook of United States Coins (Paper)) Customer Reviews for: The Official Guide to Coin Grading and Counterfeit Detection Edition, Edition #2 (Official Guide to Coin Grading and Counterfeit Detection) Rating - One of the Best Coin Grading and Counterfeit Detection Books Not long ago was estimated that half of all coins sold and traded at coin shows, coin dealers, and in private hands where altered or counterfeits. Knoweledge is the best way to avoid loosing your money when your coins submited for grading are returned in "bodybags". Created and updated by PCGS is undoubtedly one of the best coin grading and counterfeit detection books ever written. Though there are many good choices nowadays The Official ... Read More Rating - Very informative. This book has a ton of useful information about coin grading and collecting in general. The grading pictures, however, are not terrific. But it still is a good and worthwhile book. The photos displaying conterfeit coins are close to useless but the book is still a pretty valuable addition for an amateur collector. Rating - Coin Grading and Counterfeit Detection I found this book hard to put down. Very Good.... Rating - Precision Coin Grading The 2nd Edition of "PCGS Coin Grading" is an excellent reference. It is critical and required reading for beginning and advanced coin collectors. As I am the author of 7 coin books since 1977, I appreciate the difficulty of attempting to explain the subtle and challenging differences between "a few minor marks in the main focal area" (MS65 grading standards, page 28) and "a few minor marks or one or two significant marks with hairlines" (MS64 grading ... Read More see more reviews See all books by author Professional Coin Gradi

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