The Art and Science of Grading Coins

Download or read book The Art and Science of Grading Coins written by Jason Poe and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-09-06 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 component: 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.