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The Official Guide to Coin Grading and Counterfeit Detection Edition, Edition #2 (Official Guide to Coin Grading and Counterfeit Detection)

Author: Professional Coin Gradi
Publisher: House of Collectibles
Category: Book

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Media: Paperback
Edition: 2 Sub
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 432
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.2

ISBN: 0375720502
Dewey Decimal Number: 737.4
EAN: 9780375720505
ASIN: 0375720502

Publication Date: March 9, 2004
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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.

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