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The Art and Science of Grading Coins
Grading coins is the single most important skill for a coin collector to have. Plenty of books will show you pictures of coins in various grades, and ask you to match the coin to a picture. Very few books go through each facet of grading and explain them in depth, in easy to understand terms that even a novice can understand. There is plenty of science involved – but there is also an art to the skill of grading. This book will help you piece together each surfaces, luster, strike, wear, contact marks, and eye appeal. Beginners and advanced students of numismatics alike will learn something from The Art and Science of Grading Coins.
208 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 6, 2013
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February 25, 2020
Another book about coin grading--yes and no! This is a nice summary about coin grading , but it is also a very clear explanation about how to grade and what is important. No book will make you able to grade coins. Only looking at coins and hands on experience can teach you to grade coins. However, this book can give you a good primer before you take a class or before you sit through auction rooms looking at slabbed coins to understand the grade on the holder yourself. The book is certainly well worth its price and the short time it takes to read it.
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