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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RonSanderson, post: 2790374, member: 77413&quot;]I&#039;ve been thinking about your experiences and I think we need a way to incorporate them. You have made several really essential observations about how inexperienced collectors can be lured into purchasing a flawed coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>What is missing from this thread is how to see what you see. I am going to give this some thought and see if we can assess some coins we would never buy.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think of GSC like my local coin shop. They are strictly a storefront. They have 95% raw coins graded by the owner, and 5% slabbed. The coins might grade, might be details if they were submitted, or might not be worth the expense. I have walked away with damaged coins even after looking through a loupe. The staff doesn&#039;t mean to hide anything; neither do they see every flaw, so they trust me to see things for myself. </p><p><br /></p><p>I just treat the two sellers the same. You need two skills for them, to grade in hand and grade from photos. </p><p><br /></p><p>We can help newbs and ourselves if we share how we know whether a photo tells us &quot;buy&quot; or &quot;don&#039;t buy&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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