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No subject is more important to the rare-coin collector or investor than grading. Learning to grade the right way can save you hundreds or thousands of dollars. In this second edition of his award-winning book, Q. David Bowers has written a unique set of step-by-step grading instructions for every U.S. coin, from half cents to double eagles. He explains the evolution of grading standards, how to “read” a coin’s surfaces, expert techniques, smart buying tips, aspects of today’s marketplace, and more. This detailed, insightful text is combined with hundreds of high-resolution color photographs to help you grade your entire coin collection.

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Grading Coins by Photographs by Q. David Bowers fills some voids left by other coin grading books, but due to photo selection and quality control issues, it falls short as a stand-alone grading guide. There are some nice features that make it a great companion to other grading guides, especially the cherrypicking advice in some of the introductory sections for each coin type. With some improvements, a third edition could be the best coin grading guide published.All the coin photos are in color, and most of them are very nice. As seen in all coin grading guides, the clarity of the photos varies from sharp to blurry. Unfortunately, there are five pixelated images; on pages 153 (two images), 168, 169 and 182 that render them useless. If it were not for these pixelated images, I would rate the overall image quality better than the ANA Grading Standards book. To be fair, the ANA Grading Standards book has its share of blurry photos, but no pixelated ones.Interestingly, black and white photos, which offer higher contrast (in print), likely would have brought out more details critical to grading for many of the images in the book. Given the choice between the two, I would have chosen black and white for the grading photos, and color for special features sections. The color photos generally worked well in this book for the uncirculated coins, the copper coins, and the lower grade and toned silver and gold coins. The color photography is especially problematic for mid-grade gold coins since they don't tone as much and they are more reflective. The poor contrast of the VF Classic Head Half Eagle, for example, makes this image very difficult to use.Grading Coins by Photographs has the welcome feature of specifying the exact grade of each coin pictured, which the ANA Grading Standards book does not do. Standard grading increments (3, 4, 8, 12, 20, 40, 50, etc.) are shown most of the time, but intermediate grades are shown in place of standard grades in many places. For example, a VF-30, or even VF-35 specimen may be shown in the very fine grade for one coin design, and a VF-20 example may be shown for another coin. I think this inconsistent incrementation of grading photos is one factor that makes this a great companion book to the ANA Grading Standards book but not a replacement for it.An issue with Grading Coins by Photographs that potential buyers should be aware of is the use of split-grade specimens (one side grades higher than the other). In the "How to Use This Book" chapter, the text says "There are no composite photographs. In each case the obverse and reverse illustrations are from the same specimen." Strictly adhering to this principle results in the use of some split-grade illustrations, so one of the two sides does not technically represent the grade. Additional notes below some of these photographs (a few noted in the early coppers) state that one side grades higher than the other. This gives the book a "case study" feel, which I like, but again, only as a complimentary book, not a stand-alone one. Split-grade examples hurt the book from a technical grading standpoint because, in each case, it deprives the reader of a diagnostic photo for grading one side of the coin. These cases should have been featured in a separate section on grading problems.The photos in the Classic Head half cent section are confusing, and a side-by-side comparison with the ANA Grading Standards photos is bewildering. The VF photo pairing is an example of a split-grade specimen without a disclaimer saying so. The obverse grades slightly better than the pictured EF obverse, and probably would grade AU if graded separate from the reverse (judging by the ANA illustration). The additional notes below the VF coin state that the hair shows significant wear, but the illustration absolutely does not show significant wear in the hair. So in this case, the book does not show an image of a VF obverse Classic Head half cent.In the Type 1 Standing Liberty Quarters section, the EF and VF photo sets appear to be reversed. The full length of Liberty's leg is flat in the EF image, and rounded in the VF image.There are some positive developments in Grading Coins by Photographs. The introductory chapters are filled with insightful and useful information on subjects such as coin surfaces, cleaning, and restoring cleaned coins. The chapter on "Smart Grading and Buying" advises going "Beyond the Grade" by considering fullness of strike and planchet quality. This chapter is similar to one in the ANA Grading Standards book, but done better by Bowers.The most helpful reading in Grading Coins by Photographs, to me, is Bowers' forward-thinking comments, particularly in the introductory section for each coin type. Here, Dave states his observations of professional coin grading tendencies, what improvements he thinks the grading services can make, and how we can benefit by cherrypicking certain coins before the grading services make these improvements. For example, in the Walking Liberty Half intro he states: "If certification services ever recognized and tagged full details coins, or even those with 90% details, prices would explode for issues that are very rare if well struck!"

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