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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2338075, member: 24314&quot;]Green, I thought you were ....<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> well, I will not go there<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie14" alt=":angelic:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; I think you are trying to get me to add lots of faces here.&nbsp; It won&#039;t work.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, if you (or anyone on CT) have a copy of the Bowers book and the ANA book, pick just about any coin type and compare the photos grade for grade.&nbsp; If I remember, most of the changes are in the VF-XF area.&nbsp; Grading has become less strict by far!</p><p><br /></p><p>I have five grading guides at my desk (6 if we include the one for Canadian coins); yet the Bowers book and the PCGS website are where I look for &quot;liners.&quot;</p><p>From what I&#039;ve seen, no one except Summer Seminar students and Old Timers use the ANA Guide.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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