Find this A beginner's guide to coin collecting e-book while searching for a banknote and coin free collection software. I cannot find who is the actual author of this e-book but been reading some of it content yesterday and it was a good read for beginner. The topic mostly related to US coin.
What you can find in "A beginner's guide to coin collecting" e-book:
Getting started
"You need somebody to buy your coin from, and it may hard to find a coin dealer of good repute when you are new to the hobby, so having someone that is in this hobby for years can be a great help to guide you on choosing and honest and knowledgeable coin dealer."
Becoming a numismatic
" Numismatic is the study of money, medallions, banknotes, token coins and stock certificates. It is believed to have been established in the time of Julius Caesar who wrote the first book about it. It is a very interesting topic because every medal or coin signifies different era, economy and politics".
Detecting counterfeit coin
"A special machine does the stamping on coins to make them genuine. People who counterfeit on coins are well trained and have the capacity to manipulate especially those rare coins, which have high value among collectors. The most common procedure in counterfeiting is that they pour a liquid metal into molds that will leave die marks with cracking on the counterfeit coin."
Other topic in this book:
- Where to find coins
- What you should look for in a coins
- What are mints and mints mark
- What affect the value of coin
- Grading your coins
- Should you use the grading service?
- When should you sell?
- Pros and cons of buying at auction
- About commemorative and other special coin
- How and where you can find bullion coins
- How to avoid shysters and frauds
- How to care for your coins
- Organize your collection
This e-book is in ZIP and you need to have WINZIP or WINRAR to open them. You need to install it to a PC to make it work.
Operating Systems: Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 98
Additional Requirement: Winzip, winrar or other compression software
Size: 552 kb
Download here: A beginner's guide to coin collecting
