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jdbooth Valued Member United States 236 Posts	Posted 06/08/2012 4:26 pm I love this forum and especially the grading sections, with that I wanted to say thank you to all the experts that help others from making costly mistakes in purchases and or needless submissions to TPGs. Thank you. On the other hand I don't see a lot of help in what to look for in grading a coin, i.e. contact marks and hairline scratches in the fields, where the the high area are to look for wear, correlation of amount of wear to grade, cor grading, what is considered damage on a coin...etc...etc. Now I know most of you all are busy and just coming on here to help as much as you do is a blessing and a lot of us would be lost without your help. I also know that research and trial and error are the best teachers, but I and all the other novice to intermediate collector/graders would appreciate some pointers when you help us grade a coin. Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime Edited by jdbooth 06/08/2012 4:34 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Namachieli Pillar of the Community United States 2120 Posts	Posted 06/08/2012 5:04 pm Go pick up a copy of "Grading Coins by Photographs" By David Q. Bowers. I like this book much better than the normal "photograde" book. This has much better descriptions and color pictures. http://www.amazon.com/Grading-Coins...p/0794827012 Report this Post to the Staff
jdbooth Valued Member United States 236 Posts	Posted 06/08/2012 5:33 pm You're right that is a good reference. I personally have a collection of books relating specifically to small cents as that is all that I collect. Report this Post to the Staff
beaglebailey Pillar of the Community United States 716 Posts	Posted 06/08/2012 6:49 pm I don't have this book but I was considering purchasing it. I read some reviews that indicated the pictures could have been clearer, and that there could have been a little more information in determining MS grades. Any comments? Report this Post to the Staff
jdbooth Valued Member United States 236 Posts	Posted 06/09/2012 12:22 am Here are two references I would recommend for Lincoln cents if they are still in print, which I doubt: The Authoritative Reference on Lincoln Cents by Wexler and Flynn The Complete Guide to Lincoln Cents by Lange Report this Post to the Staff
D0ubl3Eagle Pillar of the Community United States 5854 Posts	Posted 06/09/2012 02:04 am I own several grading guides and the ones that I usually refer to are The Official ANA Grading Standards and Grading Coins by Photographs. Both of them only provide very general descriptions of the MS grades. One place that I reference when grading MS coins is http://www.coingrading.com/intro1.html In particular, I like the part that has color coded pictures of coins showing the worst areas for contact marks. Report this Post to the Staff
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