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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;geekpryde, post: 2075675, member: 36248&quot;]Just finished reading <b>The Art and Science of Grading Coins</b> last night.</p><p><br /></p><p>I loved the book and think if [USER=19165]@physics-fan3.14[/USER]&nbsp; book was paired with Traver&#039;s <b>The Coin Collector&#039;s Survival Manual, Revised Seventh Edition, </b>that would be the 1-2 punch that Newbie and intermediate coin collectors would need to avoid 99% of all mistakes made in coin collecting when starting out.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>These are not &quot;Advanced&quot; books teaching the minutia of coin grading.&nbsp; They are the bedrock foundation, explaining most of the core concepts, and should be read and re-read every few years by Newbie collectors up through semi-advanced collectors.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><b>The Art and Science of Grading Coins </b>is Highly recommended by me.&nbsp;&nbsp; It is a quick, well paced read, and I finished it i one day beside a toasty New-England fire at a Ski lodge.&nbsp; &nbsp; I am not going to do a full blow review, but I certainly think everyone here would benefit from purchasing a copy, if not for yourself, then certainly for the new coin collector in your life.</p><p><br /></p><p>My one complaint is not about the writing, but about the printing quality.&nbsp;&nbsp; I would say 50% of the pages in my book has lightly printed text (very light gray), as opposed to dark inky blacks.&nbsp; &nbsp; It was sort of freaky for my eyes, as every few pages it would go from &quot;normal&quot; to semi-faint dot-matrix style.&nbsp;&nbsp; Obviously, just a simple printing quality control issue, and still plenty legible.&nbsp; &nbsp; I assume most copies do not have this issue.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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