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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2876630, member: 112&quot;]Walt the first ANA grading standards book was published in 1977 so I assume that is the book you are referring to. I have a copy myself. However, in 1986 the ANA created a completely new grading system (and new grading standards), one that is completely different from that published in their 1977 book.</p><p><br /></p><p>The book the ANA published in 1986 was their 3rd edition of their grading standards. The current edition is their 7th, published in 2013.</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Official-Standards-American-Numismatic-Association/dp/0794838243" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.com/Official-Standards-American-Numismatic-Association/dp/0794838243" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Official-Standards-American-Numismatic-Association/dp/0794838243</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The grading standards used in the 2013 book are pretty much identical to those used in the 1986 book. But the standards in the &#039;86 book are as different from those in the &#039;77 book as night is from day. As I said above, not only are the standards different, it&#039;s an entirely different grading system. Bottom line you can&#039;t use the &#039;77 book, haven&#039;t been able to for 30 years.</p><p><br /></p><p>You asked about the PCGS grading standards, this is their book, published in 2004 -</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Official-Guide-Grading-Counterfeit-Detection/dp/0375720502/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1507724686&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=pcgs+coin+grading" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.com/Official-Guide-Grading-Counterfeit-Detection/dp/0375720502/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1507724686&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=pcgs+coin+grading" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Official-Guide-Grading-Counterfeit-Detection/dp/0375720502/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1507724686&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=pcgs coin grading</a></p><p><br /></p><p>But you can&#039;t use that book either because PCGS has changed their grading standards several times since 2004. They don&#039;t use that book themselves. And no they have not published a new book.</p><p><br /></p><p>I will say this, all of the TPGs grossly over-grade coins in today&#039;s world. And not a one of them publishes their current grading standards.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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