The everything coin collecting book : all you need to start your collection for fun or profit!
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- ISBN: 1593375689
- ISBN: 9781593375683
- Physical Description xii, 305 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Publisher Avon, Mass. : Adams Media, [2007]
- Copyright ©2007
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-293) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Welcome to coin collecting -- Important coinage vernacular -- Coin handling and storage -- Social aspects of the hobby -- Buying and collecting coins -- How coins are made -- Coin rarity and values -- Grading coins -- Authenticating coins -- Counterfeiting and altering coins -- Investing in coins -- Selling coins -- A brief history of ancient coins -- A brief history of world coins -- A brief history of U.S. coins -- A brief History of bank notes -- Exonumia -- Modern technology -- Numismatics as a profession. |