This comprehensive and easy-to-use guide provides the official ANA grading standards for every U.S. coin minted since 1793. This book is valuable to beginners and advanced collectors--it offers everything you need to grade coins like an expert.

Handy pocket-sized reference book with close-up black and white photographs coupled with a list of diagnostics to determine if the coin you are considering is genuine. All coins pictured in this guide are genuine specimens.

An intricate and thorough account of the history of counterfeit money from both sides of the coin. For collectors and historians alike.For centuries legitimate authorities and equally determined rogues have fought in an attempt to improve (or copy) the technology and security of paper money. Now, in Counterfeiting and Technology, their stories are captured in vivid detail from colonial times to the present. Paper-money historian Bob McCabe explores the lives of the innovators who made...

This is a 6x9 spiral bound book.A unique combination of step-by-step grading instructions for every federal coinage series from half cents to double eagles, plus information on the history and importance of grading; expert grading techniques; understanding the surfaces of coins; and smart grading and buying. In the 2nd edition of Grading Coins by Photographs, Q. David Bowers, provides insightful information combined with enlarged high-resolution color photographs for each grade, plus Proofs....

From the editors of Coin World and Coin Values comes one of the easiest to use guides in determining and assessing a coin's grade. The newly expanded 3rd edition of Making the Grade now includes the 80 most widely collected US coins. This 3rd edition features also five new sections on classic copper series and fifteen more sections on classic gold series. Making the Grade: Comprehensive Grading Guide for U.S Coins now covers American Buffalo, First Spouse and America the Beautiful series in...

Winner NLG AwardNumismatic Forgery takes the reader into the clandestine workshop of the criminal forger, and explains the methods and techniques that every serious coin collectors should know about before they purchase a rare or expensive coin. The informal interviews Larson conducted with the infamous master forger, Mark Hofmann, at Utah State Prison in the late 1980's lay the foundation for a number of methods revealed in Numismatic Forgery. Hofmann is widely known for his forgery of...

A full-color reference for identifying fake gold coins. An official Red Book.Don�t be fooled: Outsmart the counterfeiters. Protect your investment.Gold collectors, here�s the book you�ve been waiting for: a full color, 224-page reference for identifying fake gold coins from dollars to double eagles, plus commemoratives and California fractionals.Inside you�ll find:Specific diagnostics for nearly 200 counterfeits frequently found in today�s marketplaceExpert advice from professional graders,...

As the old saying goes, "Find a penny, pick it up, and all day long you'll have good luck." Now Kenneth Bressett, former president of the American Numismatic Association, has written the definitive reference to finding just how lucky you can be as a coin collector. From how to get started in the hobby to how to care for a collection, with full explanations of grading techniques and standards, coin prices, and values, the Whitman Guide to Coin Collecting addresses everything clearly and with...