Coin Grading and Counterfeit

Kenneth Bressett with Q. David BowersISBN: 0794838243Pub Date: 7/10/2013 Edition: 7thBinding: Hidden Spiral Size: 7x9 Pages: 384 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. ...

Bill FivazISBN: Pub Date: 1/1/2001 Edition: 1stBinding: Spiral Size: 5.5x3 Pages: 52 Handy pocket sized reference book with close-up photographs coupled with a list of diagnostics to determine if the coin you are considering is genuine.

An intricate and thorough account of the history of counterfeit money from both sides of the coin. For collectors and historians alike.Bob McCabeISBN: 0794843956Pub Date: 9/1/2016 Edition: Binding: Hardcover Size: 8.5x11 Pages: 480 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...

Q David BowersISBN: 0794836879Pub Date: 8/21/2012 Edition: 2ndBinding: Spiral Size: 6x9 Pages: 384 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...

Beth DeisherISBN: 0944945635Pub Date: 8/2/2012 Edition: 3rdBinding: Paperback Size: 8.5x11 Pages: 408 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...

Winner NLG AwardCharles M. LarsonISBN: 0974237124Pub Date: 5/14/2004 Edition: 1stBinding: Paperback Size: 6x9 Pages: 222 Numismatic 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...

Provides grading descriptions and photos for all US coins from 1793 to the present.Ruddy, JamesISBN: 0974237159Pub Date: 3/23/2005 Edition: 19thBinding: Paperback Size: 5.25x8.5 Pages: 224 This is the single most useful book you can own to learn the essentials of coin grading. Photograde provides photographic reference points for every regular issue U.S. coin type from 1793 to date. With concise and easy to use descriptions alongside 1000+ photographs, this book is designed for a collector at...

A full-color reference for identifying fake gold coins. An official Red Book.Bill FivazISBN: 0794820077Pub Date: 12/17/2005 Edition: 1stBinding: Spiral Size: 6x9 Pages: 224 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...

Whitman Guide To Coin CollectingKenneth BressetISBN: 0794845215Pub Date: Edition: Binding: Softcover Size: 6x9 Pages: 288 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...