Need help learning to grade Statehood and ATB state quarters.

I was wondering if anyone has a link to a website that has guides for grading washington on the statehood quarters and America the Beautiful coins, i've done a lot of digging through them myself, but i was hoping to find a website pointing out the highest points on the relief, and showing the different between a strong strike or weak strike. Thanks for taking the time to read this, and i do appreciate any help in regards to it, they don't grade the same as the eagle reverse washingtons, i can tell that pretty obviously.

 

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not sure if this will help but PCGS has a feature called Photograde available online and as an app.

 

They also have a feature on their website on how to grade various coins specific to the coin i.e. quarters, dimes, etc....

 

Yea, I agree that PCGS.com is the place to go to for what you need.

 

Ah thank you both for your input i'll have to download that app and see what it does, thanks for taking the time to respond and for the recommendation i shall give it a shot.

 

I also keep the Photograde book on the shelf. Like it alot

 

Photograde doesn't do the state quarters or the parks quarters.

The obverse (washington side) is the same, this can be graded pretty standard from issue to issue. HOWEVER the reverse doesn't run that kind of operation.

You can use this generalization for information on how to gauge basically any coin, the problem with the quarters arises with the multitude of reverse designs.

https://www.pcgs.com/eyeappeal

As far as I am aware, there isn't a single resource for quarters since 1999 but you can find info for specific designs on the internet with enough digging.

generally speaking on the obverse the high point are washingtons cheek and around his ear area. the reverse,,,, well there's over 100 designs between the two series, so the idea is more about finding coins with great luster, well struck and that are as mark free as possible under 5X magnification, but that's general rule of thumb for looking for any high grade coin.

Grading is subjective anyways, my MS67 might be a MS65 to someone else, someone else's 65 might be a MS63 to me, 3rd party grading companies aren't much better than that either really, just another persons opinion.
Below can be used for the obverse the high points are the high points. in reality the rim is actually the highest point on a quarter and a good first place to look for wear and if it's well struck and centered.
The reverse will need to be on a case by case basis do to the varying designs.