Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2296418, member: 24314&quot;]Opps...I got into this discussion trying to ID the different appearance of &quot;luster loss&quot; on coins from various types of friction..&nbsp; I&#039;m making a post on that tonight.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your comments about learning to grade are true.&nbsp; Hands-on-with expert instruction from people who actually know what they are seeing on a coin, but please don&#039;t burn the books.</p><p><br /></p><p>And remember we are not talking about Unc&#039;s or Detail&#039;s coins ... Nevertheless, you can take a great many non-collectors who only think of coins as money, give them a coin and Grading Coins by Photographs and they can get in the ballpark.&nbsp; The photos are GUIDES.&nbsp; In the future, the grading guides will surpass anything we have now - like comparing the &quot;word guide&quot; in the Red Book to the modern books.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Try this sometime - I have on many, many occasions.&nbsp; Take 6 circulated coins of any type and era.&nbsp; Give them to the know-nothing kids around the Christmas table and ask them to put them in order of grade.&nbsp; They can tell the difference between the major classifications.&nbsp;&nbsp; Try this with the old-timers at a coin club who know how to grade (I have twice just to make a point) and very often the rate of correct answers will be much lower... what gives...too much knowledge or just bad eyesight?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in