The Official Guide to Coin Grading and Counterfeit Detection (0375720502)

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.

Product details

• Format Paperback | 416 pages
• Dimensions 152.4 x 234.95 x 31.75mm | 510g
• Publication date 09 Mar 2004
• Publisher Random House USA Inc
• Imprint House of Collectibles
• Publication City/Country New York, United States
• Language English
• Edition Revised
• Edition Statement 2nd Revised edition
• Illustrations note 16P COLOR INSERT; 600+ ILLUS
• ISBN10 0375720502
• ISBN13 9780375720505
• Bestsellers rank 2,172,298

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