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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bhp3rd, post: 593395, member: 16510&quot;]<b>The only way is the way that works and that&#039;s</b></p><p><br /></p><p>The only way is the way that works for you and that&#039;s where the rubber meets the road!</p><p>I had to make my mistakes and they were numerous.</p><p>A book <b>alone </b>can&#039;t help you nor a grading guide.</p><p>Looking at graded coins <b>alone </b>can&#039;t help you.</p><p>Seeing raw and graded coin side by side <b>alone</b> can&#039;t help you.</p><p>Talking to people about coin grading<b> alone</b> can&#039;t help you.</p><p>But put all these things together combined with years of doing all the above will help you but even then you may not be an expert till - </p><p>you study each series in depth taking years of time learning.</p><p>An expert is an expert because he/she knows more than most everyone on that coin - yes it all boils down to that coin, that series.&nbsp; How it looks, how it changed over the run of it&#039;s series, the different planchets, was it minted during war years, did it change composition, was there a change in minting procedures over it&#039;s run, were there differnt master dies or hubbs, etc. - I could go on into infinity as you can see.</p><p>The best lessons in life I paid for with blood, sweat, tears, time, and money - the easy lessons ain&#039;t worth a hill of beans.</p><p>You do not however need to do all the above to enjoy numismatics, only to be an expert or specialist.</p><p>If there was a short cut someone would have found it by now - but when has there ever been a shortcut to true knowledge?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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