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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;harley bissell, post: 2931259, member: 88212&quot;]Personally I would only slab a coin which is a key or semi-key where known counterfeits exist. Then I&#039;m paying more for authentication than grading. Any person can roughly grade American coins with a copy of Photo Grade. Foreign coins are tougher in determining the amount of wear. UK commonwealth coins you can count the jewels on the crown to get a rough grade. Other countries you just look at the high points in the design. Ancients are rougher to get an accurate grade. Tough grading dealers will call something a solid VF and then it comes back from the grader as MS. Did the coin get better? No but the price surely went up.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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