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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 14652, member: 57463&quot;]I will add my vote to the ones cast so far.&nbsp; No book can teach the grading of Mint State coins.&nbsp; However, the ANA has a video that can help.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>My dissenting vote is that eBay is _NOT_ a good place for a beginner to shop.&nbsp; A beginner needs a mentor -- or mentors.&nbsp; Join a coin club.&nbsp; Find the dealers within an hour&#039;s drive of your home.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>And you can buy only coins from PCGS and NGC and still be short of a bargain.&nbsp; Their standards have changed over the years.&nbsp; (And everyone makes mistakes.&nbsp; Some coins are graded wrong, inevitably.)</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;When I visited Heritage a couple of years ago, they were touting a recent sale of high mint state (highEST mint state, I think) Mercury Dimes, a complete set in MS-65 and above.&nbsp; Beautiful!&nbsp; ... but looking at it... I had question... or two... I mean, if this is a 66, then why is that a 67? and the other a 65? ...&nbsp; Not that I think they were graded &quot;wrong&quot; but that I did not understand the grading.&nbsp; I passed the ANA Grading class with high honors, but Mint State coins are a different study entirely.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Not to overly complicate things, but the engine driving PCGS was Rick Montgomery who now works for NGC.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Michael</p><p>ANA R-162953[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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