Official ANA Grading and Standards Guide (Official American Numismatic Association Grading Standards for United States Coins) [Paperback]

American Numismatic Association (Author), Kenneth Bressett (Editor), Abe Kosoff (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Official American Numismatic Association Grading Standards for United States Coins | Publication Date: December 1996

An easy-to-use, officially approved grading standards for every United States coin. The book contains important information on:
--Brief highlights of wear pinpointed for each grade
--Easy-to-follow descriptions for thirteen standard conditions
--Black and white photographs show progression of wear
--Easy-to-use guide shows how to grade U.S. coins quickly and accurately
--Lists every type of U.S. coins from 1793 to the present
--Aspects of grading to all U.S. coins
--Indispensable aid to the proper grading of all U.S. coins
--Beginners, advanced collectors and dealers will all find the text understandable and useful

Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Golden Books; 5 edition (December 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0307090973
• ISBN-13: 978-0307090973
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,221,167 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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29 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, March 8, 1999

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This review is from: Official ANA Grading and Standards Guide (Official American Numismatic Association Grading Standards for United States Coins) (Paperback)

This book is one of the finest if not the very best tool avaliable today, not only to collectors but dealers as well. I strognly reccomed the purcahse and use of this book. Keeping in mind that you must pay close attention to the details for accurate grading.

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Indispensible Guide, May 15, 2002

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Neil "nwcs" (Tennessee) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Official ANA Grading and Standards Guide (Official American Numismatic Association Grading Standards for United States Coins) (Paperback)

How many times have you heard a dealer say, "shine it up and it'll be BU?" If you're like me, you've seen the questionable grading standards of some dealers. Having a guide like this is absolutely essential if you're going to be spending money on coins. Being able to grade coins well is as essential to the hobby as buying the coin.

This guide has more information that simply what to look for in grading coinage. It has information on the history of the hobby, how to detect cleaning and other alterations, what the key areas are to look for in coins, and some other useful articles.

Grading coins is both art and science and you'll find even experts grading the same coin differently. But with a book like this you can have a basis of comparison. The only thing I wish the book had is more color photography of each grade/coin. But that's what the book Photograde is for...

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4.0 out of 5 stars It's Payed For It Self, December 19, 2009

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Mitchell A. Guin "mitchell guin" (Gulfport, MS) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Official ANA Grading and Standards Guide (Official American Numismatic Association Grading Standards for United States Coins) (Paperback)

This product has payed for it self already, not only in helping me to grade my own coins but in teaching me the different ways coins are graded with illistrations. I really learned alot.