Product Description

Considered the most highly acclaimed and preferred of its kind, the newest edition of the universal coin-grading encyclopedia by James F. Ruddy showcases over 1000 enhanced coin-grading pictures and adjectival descriptions of regular issue U.S. coin types from 1793 to date. Designated in 1972 as an Official Grading Guide of the American Numismatic Association, Photograde is widely accepted as the most complete grading book ever printed. In fact, over 500,000 copies have been sold to date.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #47155 in Books
• Published on: 2005-02-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 294 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780974237152
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Customer Reviews

Poor pictures, inconsistent descriptions, blank pages.
Beware of blank pages. The copy I got has blank pages 167, 171, 177, 185. This is very sloppy quality control at the printer's shop.
Image quality is what should set this book apart. Sadly, the illustrations are not high-quality photos. This was not the place to scrimp. These illustrations are not quite as good as those in the "Official ANA Grading Standards" book. One sees far better pictures in eBay.
Descriptions of grading points for coins are not consistent through a grade, in that the same points are not discussed in every grade of a coin. What points are discussed are not first fully described in the MS70 grade, so the reader clearly knows what the element should look like, and how it is degraded down through all levels.
Since neither the descriptions nor the photographs are of high quality, the book is not of high quality. Good idea, poor execution. What you see on the cover is not what you get inside.

No Mint States
This book gives photograde illustrations only to grade AU50, and the pictures are not very clear for comparison.

Good info...Bad binding
The book has all the information you need about coins, but the book quality is poor. A page came out of the book after only a little use. I had to tape the page back into the book. Poor quality! Not happy!