I bought the book several weeks ago. I personally don't like it at all. I think the images are completely inadequate. They show no detail. They're more like cheap drawings than "photos". ???
Well, perhaps its outdated. The photos aren't state of the art. I remember when it first came out in the early 70's. It was revolutionary. Before that we had the B&D "Brown Book", which really was line drawings.
Photograde is only for circulated coins, and yeah I agree the pics are not the best. But they put a new edition every year if memory serves. What edition do you have ? The best grading book I know of is the ANA Standards.
I like Photograde a lot for circulated coins. I find it very useful. Of course it would be better with better photos. It's also worth READING in addition to looking at the pictures.
Yes, I have that book too, and its the best grading book I have seen. I have the 19th edition of photograde.
I agree. There is some usefull info to read in there. I just really expected helpfull images from a book called "Photograde".
Photograde first came out in 1970 and at the time the photos WERE state of the art. Unfortunately the best edition to have is the first edition. It was a hard bound book printed on high grade coated glossy paper. It really brought out the details in the photos, and in that edition the photos were printed on a black background which helped with contrast and kept your eyes focused on the image. The later editions were paperback on lower quality paper with the photos on a white background. If you put the first edition next to a later one the difference in the quality is striking.
