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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 934429, member: 112&quot;]Yeah it&#039;s spot on - sometimes. </p><p><br /></p><p>And it does absolutely nothing to tell you how to distinguish why the coin they used got the grade it got. What do I mean by that ? Well consider - not coins graded MS65 are equal. So they used 1 coin to show you what an MS65 looks like.</p><p><br /></p><p>But what about another coin that has more luster than the 1 pictured but more contact marks as well. Is it still MS65 ?</p><p><br /></p><p>What about one that has less luster and fewer contact marks - is it MS65 ? </p><p><br /></p><p>Those are just 2 examples and there are many more. And this is the problem with photo grade guides. And while they have a certain usefullness, they can no means be used as a grading guide for that reason.</p><p><br /></p><p>You need written descriptions to learn how to grade coins. Pictures can be used to show examples, but a picture is only good for that one particular coin. Now if you used a 100 pictures for one particular grade - then that would be a good start. But even is still only a start.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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