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Whitman's US Gold Counterfeit Detection Guide is a full color, 224-page reference for identifying fake gold coins, from dollars to double eagles. Detailed text and high-resolution close up photographs show specific diagnostics for nearly 200 frequently encountered counterfeits. California fractional gold and commemoratives are also studied.
The text includes expert advice from professional graders, authenticators, and dealers; more than two dozen "rules of thumb" - a glossary, an appendix of genuine US gold coin specifications and tolerances. Another appendix of physical traits of genuine gold coins, with photo close-ups. The US Gold Counterfeit Detection Guide is the first book of its kind for US gold collectors, and promises to be a standard reference in the field
Full color throughout; illustrated, 224 pages
Spiral bound | 
