Strike It Rich with Pocket Change
by Ken Potter, Brian Allen
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Author: Brian Allen, Ken PotterEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-04-14
ISBN: 0896899411
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Krause Publications
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Book Review: Great Book to Get Started in Variety Collecting
Summary: 5 Stars
Mint errors and collecting different varieties of circulating coins is a little understood area of coin collecting. With this book and a little bit of time anybody can start searching their pocket change, their spouse's pocket change, their parent's pocket change or go to the bank and buy rolls of coins to search through. In there you may find coins that can sell from a few dollars to a few hundred dollars. But to be successful you will need knowledge of what to look for. This book will give you the knowledge that you need to get started.
After you become more experienced you will want to buy the "Cherrypickers' Guide" books by Bill Fivaz and J. T. Stanton:
Cherrypickers' Guide to Rare Die Varieties of United States Coins: Half Dimes Through Dollars, Gold, and Commemoratives (Official Whitman Guidebook)
Cherrypickers' Guide Half Cents Through Nickels
Summary of Strike It Rich with Pocket Change
In the authors' own words, this new edition of Strike It Rich with Pocket Change, dispels the myths of error coins and assists you in discovering, marketing, and researching rare coins that you can find in your pocket change.
More than 350 close-up illustrations, key identifying details and current market values help you decipher the difference between proper and error issues and varying types of coins. In addition, this unique must-have how-to also includes:
Coverage of Lincoln Memorial Cents, Roosevelt Dimes, Washington Quarters, John F. Kennedy Half Dollars, State Quarters
Expert insight and advice about tools of the trade, preserving coins, buying and selling error-variety coins
Terms and definitions associated with error coins
Whether it's a Jefferson Presidential dollar missing edge lettering, that's worth $2,000 - $10,000 plus or a Lincoln cent with trail marks that make it an error worth $1 - $3 there are hidden treasures to be found in your pocket change, if you know what to look for.
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