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Posted 01/10/2022 08:38 am
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What else can I do?
What else can I do?
grospoisson, keep doing what you are doing. many folks on this site have been collecting and grading coins for decades. everyone started at the same place in this hobby. every time you post a coin and get comments compare each of them to look for a common assessment. not everyone who attempts to grade a coin here has extensive experience. many just review the comments and comment back with the consensus. this doesn't help them nor you.
when you attempt to grade a coin here, especially if its slabbed, do not look at the comments. assess both sides carefully based on strike, luster, surface preservation and eye appeal and post your grade to see how you did against the other assessments. this will help to add to your knowledge base.
by taking in all the comments and looking at the common threads between them you should get a fairly good assessment of grade and possibly why that grade. I always try to add comments on all the grading components, where necessary, as do most who have a lot of experience. sometimes the coin really does not need individual component comments as they most likely are not going to add anything to thread. for instance, if you get 10 comments and all of them grade the coin MS63. there is no reason for me to add anything unless it really stands out or I see something that would help you.
hope that helps and give yourself time to build your knowledge base. remember even the graders at TPG's get it wrong
