Twin City Gold is proud to offer this money making machine; this book will pay for itself within the first transaction.
This 415-page paperback book was edited by Scott A. Travers with text written by John Dannreuther, and contains detailed descriptions of coin grades and the intricacies of counterfeit detection.
There are nearly 600 sharply-detailed color and black and white digital images of coins. This new edition contains major innovations and enhancements including grading guides for superb-quality Statehood quarters and modern commemoratives, and updated "insider" information about the way lasers are used to deceptively "doctor" coins.
Book covers:
Morgan Silver Dollars, Half Dollars, Quarters, Nickels, Half Dimes, Barber Dimes US Gold Coins, Quarter Eagles, Half Eagles, Eagles, Double Eagle, Commemorative US Coins, Half Cents, Small Cents, Large Cents, 2 Cent Pieces, Three Cent Nickels and about any US coin ever produced.
"Excellent source of invaluable knowledge"The 2nd Edition of "PCGS Coin Grading" is an excellent reference. It is critical and required reading for beginning and advanced coin collectors. You can 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) and " a few minor marks or one or two significant marks with hairlines " (MS64 grading standards, same page). As a complete reference to the condition (grade) of all U.S. coins, this book does an excellent job.
Whether you are buying or selling coins for personal enjoyment or investment, collectors need to know whether they should consider upgrading a coin of "the same grade" (like snowflakes, no two MS65 coins are absolutely identical.) You also need to know if you have a "high end" or "PQ" (premium quality) specimen of a numerically grade coin, from Carson City Silver Dollars to U.S. Commends to St. Gaudens Double Eagles.
Coin grading will always be an art as well as a science, and the 5 critical grading factors (surface, strike, color, marks and eye appeal) may never be determined by a computer, in the meantime, the more you know, and the more you learn, the better. It is a great tool to educate collectors about coin grading.
Fortunately, many such photos are available on the websites of both PCGS and Heritage. If you don't own this great coin book, and you plan to spend more than $100 on coin collecting in your lifetime, buy this book immediately!
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