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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1792548, member: 42773&quot;]I can&#039;t think of a way to improve those pages, Doug, but being a newcomer to ancients, that probably doesn&#039;t mean much.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I found the &quot;Conditions of Manufacture&quot; and &quot;Conditions of Preservation&quot; pages very instructive. Those are a few of the first pages of yours I read, and they went a long way helping me view lots with a more educated eye.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As far as letter grades go, I&#039;m also uninterested in outside assignations. Those kinds of grades imply some sort of objective valuation, and even if that were possible, it would mean nothing to me.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If I&#039;m interested in a particular coin, I&#039;ll research past auctions and prices asked by various dealers. I&#039;ll also look at as many examples of the coin I can find to give me a general idea of the range of conditions in which it&#039;s available. Then I&#039;ll decide what I&#039;m willing to pay according to my budget, and if I can&#039;t afford a nice enough example, I&#039;ll simply pass. Grades like aF or vG make no difference to me whatsoever.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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