Great book, I recently purchase PHOTO GRADE, the book is all in gray scans no detail with terrible examples of old school grading up to extra fine......... I bought this book to expand my understanding of the grading system... How ever we are in the MS grading system which they wont give any examples of...Although there are no pictures of grading examples there is a wealth of info on 1965 to date coins as well as documented submissions into NGC for the various grades. It does describe the opinionated reasons for the ms grading system which is far better than any other book which give you no clue to why they assign grades we can't understand, you have to pay for the grading which takes the profit from you. Still there is more to learn......there needs to be a book for the collector to truely know and understand what exactly determines the difference between MS grading....Unfortunately thats what keeps the grading systems in operation....and that's a SAD THING!!! Still if your looking for some info on coins and grading, AND some good info in coinage and varieties, this book acknowledges a lot. I recommend it especially for the money!!! INFO is important for a collector, I highly recommend the book over any book for coin values which are highly subjective!!! knowledge is the key, hope this will help you, it has me, still there is more to know but this is a great start. thx for viewing hope I have helped you....GRead full review
alls good
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I was looking for a book to help me grade coins to decide what to send in for Gradeing and to help me make smart purchases. Instead I got a good history on modern coin types and little if any information on gradeing except very general comments and a listing of census data. All of which you can get at the ngc web site for free. www.ngccoins.com. Save your money dont bother.
buy an sell coins and this is a good guide when trying to find vam. on coins .what i like is the size and ammount of information easy refrence book, im not real sure but for myself its real good
My review is this-I havn't even got the damn bookyet and I do not have the time to write a review on something I don't have so please take down the line on my home page that says "You have the chance towrite a review." I don't want to writea review unless you pay me for it or give me 100 eBay bucks.
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