The One-Minute Coin Expert, 4th Edition [Mass Market Paperback]

Scott A. Travers (Author)

Book Description

Series: One-Minute Coin Expert | Publication Date: January 9, 2001

The new State Quarters program has created a great awakening in coin collecting! The U.S. Mint estimates that more than 110 million Americans are collecting the new state quarters. Now, the award-winning One-Minute Coin Expert, written by Scott Travers, one of the most knowledgeable coin dealers in the world, is completely revised and updated to include:

¸          a new chapter devoted to America's new coins
¸          dozens of photographs that show the varieties of new coins that are worth hundreds of dollars each and are hiding in your pocket change
¸   how to identify the perils and pitfalls of Internet coin auctions
¸   how to grade and trade coins like the professionals
¸   the right way to handle and store your coins
¸   valuable insider tips

One-Minute Coin Expert is the essential tool that could help you turn your pocket change into a treasure!

Editorial Reviews

Review

"The best of its kind -- ever! I can't imagine any other book being as authoritative, comprehensive, and concise."
-- Vincent Sgro, Bloomberg News

"The most important coin book of its kind."
-- COINage magazine

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The new State Quarters program has created a great awakening in coin collecting! The U.S. Mint estimates that more than 110 million Americans are collecting the new state quarters. Now, the award-winning One-Minute Coin Expert, written by Scott Travers, one of the most knowledgeable coin dealers in the world, is completely revised and updated to include:

¸          a new chapter devoted to America's new coins
¸          dozens of photographs that show the varieties of new coins that are worth hundreds of dollars each and are hiding in your pocket change
¸   how to identify the perils and pitfalls of Internet coin auctions
¸   how to grade and trade coins like the professionals
¸   the right way to handle and store your coins
¸   valuable insider tips

One-Minute Coin Expert is the essential tool that could help you turn your pocket change into a treasure!

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: House of Collectibles; 4 Rev Upd edition (January 9, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0609807471
• ISBN-13: 978-0609807477
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,269,963 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Average quality on all accounts, February 27, 2004

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"vikhr" (Athens Greece) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The One-Minute Coin Expert, 4th Edition (Mass Market Paperback)

I read a good part of this book while flying from Athens to Vienna and I have mixed feeling about it. The book itself, as a publication that is, is way below present-day acceptable standards with b&w low resolution (bearly distinguisable) photos of coins on a dark-brown recyclable paper. Altough the content is always more important than the cover, the overall quality bothered me a lot. Content-wise the situation is much better. Altough I am not really interested in US coin varieties, presenting mint errors, how they were made or how much they cost, what to consider etc is helpful for every collector and I did learn a couple of new things. What I especially enjoyed was the coin grading guide which was quite thorough and extended to many pages. This was quite rewarding as it was one of the most important reasons I purchased the book in the first place. I also liked the information about the coin market, which -although commonsensical in large part- made an interesting reading and helped me in a couple of investing decisions. to conclude, I did gain knowledge from this book, but apart from the grading stuff it was more of a light reading than a source of great information. Since it costs only a few dollars, I would recommend it to beginners but certainly not to experienced collectors.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Valuable asset to increase your Assets!, August 27, 2002

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Amanda Greene (Universal City, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The One-Minute Coin Expert, 4th Edition (Mass Market Paperback)

If you have ever had a coin in your pocket you need to have this book in your library. Scott A. Travers is an amazing writer who carefully and thoughtfully explains everything you need to know about coin collecting.

5.0 out of 5 stars Really interesting, March 17, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: The One-Minute Coin Expert, 4th Edition (Mass Market Paperback)

As a complete beginner, I found this an interesting book to read. It seems to cover both the finance side of coin collecting along with the hobby aspect, something I appreciated while reading it. I recommend it.