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I'd say this is a pretty spot on statement. It seems many people are willing to pay for the opinions of others rather than taking the time to learn for themselves. I really like learning about coins, including the grading process, as it really increases the enjoyment factor.

Basebal21, Grow up. IF I was 12 I would maybe resort to Teaching you, I am not, I am NOT threatening you, Do you have a complex, Try Growing up..... The problems in the World Today, Division and attitudes... You seem bright, Statements like your last, Does Not.....Did you actually think I wanted to cause you harm?, I believe there are what I call Keyboard Tough Guy's in Our messed up society, And when You talk and discuss the topics at hand in person, The rational, reasonable answers, come out... That is all, No Threats.!! Did you check out the CAC video that clearly states who CAC are and what they, LIKE other TPG'S , do? May Your, Mis- interpetations of other's written words, Not get you into more problems......Instead of, Another half truth...... PS, The 19XE is still not as sold out yet!!! Also, Just because You do not agree with a person's statement, Does NOT mean, You are correct......... Seems others agree... May you find the path to playing nicer in the near coming New Year..........

I think one of the best pieces of advice I've received regarding coin collecting came unintentionally from a dealer at a show. He had all his coins out on the table in 2x2's, but there were no prices. I asked him how much he wanted for a particular coin and he gave me the price. I then asked him what he'd grade the coin. He responded that it doesn't matter, that's how much he wants for the coin. Now he was kind of a grumpy old fart, but that taught me right there at that moment that it was up to me to decide for myself what the grade was and if the coin was worth the price. I don't even remember if I bought the coin. Fast forward to when I bought my 1995-W proof ASE. It was in a NGC slab and graded PF-69. I couldn't find a flaw on it. I did look at quite a few PF-70's that were not perfect. The sellers wanted multiple time more for those. I bought that particular NGC PF-69 and don't care one bit that it's graded a 69. It's perfect as far as I can tell. It seems odd to me, but there are many collectors who would rather spend more money for a graded 70 that they can see is imperfect than a 69 that they can't find a flaw with.

And that's one of my main problems with the amount of seemingly unquestioned influence the TPGS have. Don't get me wrong, people can and should spend there money on what they want (certain exceptions not withstanding), but I also feel people should be informed of what they're buying.

If someone thinks I'm spreading "misinformation" by saying it's better to learn to grade for yourself, that the TPGS aren't 100% consistent and that anything the TPGs learned can also be learned by collectors (Coin grading isn't wizardry or magic, it can be learned by anyone), then let them say I am.

I know people say that you should only buy TPG graded coins if you're a beginner, which is honestly not terrible advice, however most coins in TPG holders aren't the comment date Barber coins, and other inexpensive coins we start off collecting. They're usually coins in the, at the very least $100 range. My thoughts are, think about how many books with invaluable information can you get for even a third of that?

I think it is most beneficial for a collector to build at least a somewhat decent independence with grading before consider buying these high end coins because, if you put that $100 dollars into Books, half towards some commen "grading practice coins" and the other on a grading book and a price guide, not only would still likely have $10 remaining (which I would recommend using to buy some tasty, non-messy snacks to enjoy whist you put your new books to use, but you do what you want with your hypothetical $10 ).

And then you have physical access to the same information that many of the most knowledgeable collectors use, knowledge that you will likely use for the rest of your coin collecting life, and you literally spent less than $100 dollars for it, information that can help you make, save, or avoid losing in this coin collecting hobby.

Obviously the more you experience things like shows, clubs, hands on interactions you will learn more and more. It's likely that you'll never stop learning as you collect, but at least you'll be gaining independence, knowledge and experience a lot of collectors might not have, and maybe you can be the one who teaches and shares your knowledge with those collectors.

If you are collecting coins for a personal collection then there is no reason to grade coins....unless your collection is of graded coins.

If you are potentially going to sell some or all of your coins in the future graded coins have a defined value and could be easier to sell

Coins that are self graded have no more value than any others..a stated 70 grade is still a raw coin..learning to grade is VERY appropriate for non-modern issues and might save some cash from submitting lesser quality older issues for grading. Moderns....most 69's look like 70's....Morgan Dollars...a 65 grade is stellar

Darth Morgan, Congrats to You. That was a long, long wait!!

It's more that some of us are very aware of all the snakes in the grass in this hobby and how good some doctoring methods are. We are at the point where often times there is a reason why an expensive coin is still raw and there are dealers out there removing details coins from holders that they know they can pass off as a straight grade to many collectors.

Using the TPGs in general IS a learning experience, one that many collectors would benefit from. The same thing goes with CAC for classic US coins.

As far as new collectors, the best thing they could do when making purchases is to stick to graded coins and CAC ones if they're going to start in the middle to the deep end. No matter how much someone reads or studies at some point you have to learn by actually doing it. Everyone just says oh thats the tuition to start out with while you learn when people get taken advantage of while they learn better, well the TPGs and especially CAC coins will minimize that or eliminate it for many people.

For whatever reason the anti-TPG or the I don't need anyone elses help crowd that turns it into a combative issue and act like you can only do one or the other. People don't know what they don't know until they find out the hard way. How telling people how to best protect themselves turned into people trying to make it out like we're saying to be stupid is beyond me.

Many dealers hate the TPGs and CAC because it makes their life harder, they can't hype things as easily. Any dealer that's trying to say I don't need them I know more whose selling US coins of value walk away very quickly and save your wallet.

By the way the grading courses that people always recommend from the ANA people might want to think for a second where the instructors come from.




Getting books is great (I would avoid a few authors especially one who was known to make stuff up) but building a legit numismatic library is far far more expensive. Pretty much every numismatic book worth the paper it was written on will run you 20+ some significantly more as some authors refuse to modernize with digital versions. An attribution book in any series will probably eat up at least a 1/3rd of that budget if not more on it's own and that's just one series. Attribution is a good way to try and weed out fakes. Then you would need grading books as well, how to detect doctoring etc.

A real numismatic library to approach professional knowledge will be in the thousands and require countless hours. It's simply not practical for most people.

Point being there's no way you're getting even close to the knowledge necessary to do it all on your own for $100 or even 150 with money left over and getting books and coins or even just books.

The best thing new collectors can do is learn from the graded coins. If they really want to be trying to get the best eye possible stick to the CAC ones. As time goes on and they get experience they can expand outwards in what they will look at.

If a new collector goes out to do it on their own in raw US coins with any value they're gonna get taken advantage of and it may or may not turn them off from the hobby all together.




Do you honestly think I just say stuff to say stuff and need a youtube video to know what CAC is?

Dealer network isn't a part of CAC by the way.