Coin Collecting for Dummies

By Ron Guth, Neil S. Berman, Neil Berman

Book Overview

Coin Collecting For Dummies, 3rd Edition, provides the latest information on: how to get started in coin collecting; how coin grading works; determining coin values, and navigating the growing trend of buying and evaluating coins online. It's the perfect resource for coin collectors of all ages!

Inside:

- Packed with lots of interesting facts, tips, and clear warnings for the beginning collector

- Covers every part of numismatics, including buying, grading, selling, handling, and storing,

- Helps collectors decide which type of coins to collect and how to assemble or diversify a great collection

- Learn how to evaluate coins based on age, condition, rarity, and more

Updates:

- Updated chapter covering coin grading/grading services

- Expanded coverage of the primary role that auction houses play in the coin collecting industry

- Updated photos, illustrations, and content focusing on recently discovered rare coins, and newly-released coins (U.S. Mint)

- Updated chapter covering proper storage and handling of coin collections

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1119862671
• ISBN13: 9781119862673
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: For Dummies
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.5" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Everyone has to start somewhere.

Usually, a “For Dummies” book, like a children’s book, will give you fundamentals to get off the ground on a subject. However, this book is too fundamental and too broad, and too narrow at the same time. Not that it does not contain helpful information, however, right from the beginning, I could find no mention of Notgeld or any porcelain coins. Neither of the references addresses the subject. This leads me to believe that other vertical collection markets are not being addressed or even mentioned in this book. The Author, Ron Guth, however, is an expert and collector in many fields of coins that are not reflected in this book. I bought some Notgeld from him. Next read - World Notgeld, 1914-1947: A Guide & Checklist and Other Local Issue Emergency Money. See what you missed.

Highly Recommended!

For any of you who are interested in coin collecting, or if you happen to inherit somehow a collection of coins, this is the book for you! It is filled with information on how to take care of your coins, what to look for when purchasing, selling, trading or anything else regarding coins. The book is full of knowledge that is easy to comprehend. Buy it for youself or for your kids!

This Book is Right On the Money

This is a great book to read - even for non-coin collectors. The historical data is fascinating. Well written, good touches of humor - informative and educational. I think it's appropriate for anyone from beginning to experienced collectors and just about anyone who's interested in money.

An educational collector's guide

Coin Collectors For Dummies is a paperback guide for beginning to intermediate coin collectors. With humour and style, author Guth explains numismatics, buying coins, choosing coins for your collections, U. S. coins, selling coins, and the part of tens containing the following: (1) the ten most valuable U. S. coins, (2) Guth's favorite ten U. S. coin designs, and (3) Guth's ten favorite web sites for the coin-collecting websurfer du jour.Sprinkled with cartoons, black and white illustrations, homely tales and guides, Coin Collecting For Dummies is the quintessential user-friendly coin collector's guide. An added perk: many bits of fascinating coin history are introduced, often in silvery-grey highlighted boxes. Coin Collecting For Dummies is a fascinating, entertaining, and educational collector's guide.Nancy Lorraine, Reviewer

Immensely Helpful Introduction

I'd bought a few mint sets, and ocasionally thought about saving particularly good-looking coins. Someone gave me some more coins for Christmas, and I've exploded into coin collecting.There's a ton of stuff to learn. This book covers alot of it in a very approchable way, and isn't quite as condescending as most of the "For Dummies" books. The humour is a little too frequent for the level of the content, but the book is a great start for the new collector.There's a few sections the book could have done without, like the chapter on record-setting auctions. It would've been great to balance it with a section on the most underrated coins, or the best bargains.If you're interested in getting started, this book is for you. For anyone with experience, it's probably not appropriate.

Coin Collecting For Dummies

"Coin Collecting For Dummies" is a book both for the beginning and advanced collector (and coin investor)...it belongs in every coin collector's library! The adage "buy the book before you buy the coin(s)" applies to this excellent volume. The book is well written, easy to understand and covers everything the collector/investor should consider before, and while, collecting/investing. It is never to late to learn from the information in "Coin Collectring For Dummies"! Humor is sprinkled throughout the book which keeps information that is sometimes academic from being too dry. The beginning collector can easily feel that he is "on the wrong side of the table" (dealer versus collector) and the information in "Coin Collecting For Dummies" definitely "levels the playing field". The cost of this book is far less than the price of many coins...not reading this book will definitely "cost" the collector/investor with money ill spent! A must read!