Product Overview
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 thatlike its author, PCGSit 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.
