The everything coin collecting book all you need to start your collection for fun or profit!
| Main Author: | Giedroyc, Richard. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Avon, Mass. :
Adams Media,
c2007.
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| Series: |
Everything series.
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| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- 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.