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Photograde : Official Photographic Grading Guide for United States Coins by Q. David Bowers and James F. Ruddy (1996, Perfect, Unabridged edition,Expanded,Revised edition)

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Whitman Publishing LLC
ISBN-10
0307993612
ISBN-13
9780307993618
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1044632

Product Key Features

Language
English
Topic
Coins, Currency & Medals, Antiques & Collectibles
Author
Q. David Bowers, James F. Ruddy
Illustrator
Yes

Dimensions

Item Height
0.5in.
Item Length
8.4in.
Item Width
5.5in.
Item Weight
11.2 Oz

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Publication Year
1996
Format
Perfect
Book Title
Photograde : Official Photographic Grading Guide for United States Coins
Lccn
74-188572
Target Audience
Trade
Edition Description
Unabridged Edition,Expanded,Revised Edition
Edition Number
18
Number of Pages
224 Pages

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5 out of 5 stars
by thesupergpaJul 17, 2022
Top favorable review
How Experts Evaluate Coins
How do numismatists, coin graders, dealers, investors and savvy collectors evaluate a potential US coin for acquisition? They use their eyes (and often a loupe) to identify key details and points of wear, in addition to their memory, through years of patient experience and references like this.
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3 out of 5 stars
by guitarsjoeOct 01, 2019
Top critical review
Photograde Coin grading book
Like the other reviews I read the photos are poor quality. Looks like they photo copied color photos to black and white. The photos are poor but kinda give you an idea of what the coin should look like. The descriptions are OK but could use a little more detail. Some of the coins I graded were a little better than AG-8, but not really AG-10, (the next highest grade they describe). Would like to see more grades. AU-50 is the highest grade they cover. I paid $4 for a used book. At that price it’s an OK book and glad I have it. I would not pay more than that for this book.
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5 out of 5 stars
by MgWWbt2LTnK@Del...Jun 08, 2006
Photograde
This book has been extremely helpful in identifying coins. THe descriptions used to rate coins are especially helpful. I would have liked for the pictures used to be in color but as I said the descriptions used more than makes up for the black and white photos.
2 out of 5 stars
by vintagepaper57Sep 21, 2016
Should call it poor quality photograde
A very poor quality book, it's a stretch calling this book "photograde" the photos used are of little to no help on determining coin condition, the written descriptive part is OK but nothing special either.
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1 out of 5 stars
by dutchvanhornJun 08, 2021
Xerox quality
I was very disappointed with the quality of the images in this book. It is basically poor Xeroxed copies of coin grades. I wanted something to get my grandchildren started in coin collecting but this product is useless
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4 out of 5 stars
by vYCjWsdVQty@Del...Mar 26, 2010
PhotoGrade
Pictures could be better and there's more involved in grading than just looking and comparing the pictures but it's a start. I would like to see a book with a lot more details, verbal descriptions, on each coin. Too many general, not specific, terms and descriptions. Words like "some" "slight" etc.
1 out of 5 stars
by gerr-williFeb 05, 2017
stay away
if your looking for help in gradeing coins, this book is worthless. the pictures are at best grainey and at worst of no use at all stat away from this book . nothing at all for modern coins 80s 90s 000.
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5 out of 5 stars
by byro.pariJun 29, 2021
Photo Grade
Great book for a new coin collector
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5 out of 5 stars
by podpickerOct 19, 2020
Very thorough, many pics, covers all aspects of coin ownership.
Large book with coverage of all types of coin related subjects
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5 out of 5 stars
by migal_4983Apr 05, 2020
Protograde book
Great for reference
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