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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Brocster, post: 50816, member: 2744&quot;]Warmest Sunday -- and Happy Mothers&#039; Day -- greetings to all!!! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I am still a relative newbie to coin collecting and have been trying to read up on coin grading so that I can (someday) be an informed collector... and not just buy what looks &quot;pretty&quot; or &quot;shiny&quot;.&nbsp; I understand that grading is a skill that requires a lot of time and experience to develop, so I&#039;m not expecting to &quot;master&quot; it overnight.&nbsp; I have a few coins that I have been examining -- kind of as grading &quot;test cases&quot;, I guess you could say -- and was wondering if anyone here might be willing to help me out by throwing in their two cents&#039; worth, so I can get a feel for how close (or far off) my newbie-level grading abilities are. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have five &quot;test cases&quot;, but I don&#039;t want to hog the Forum, so I&#039;ll just post two for now.&nbsp; Whatever information you would be willing to provide -- especially any specifics which led you to pick, say, VF-30 or -35 as opposed to XF-40... or even just VF over XF -- would be sincerely appreciated!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.geocities.com/ondrahs/IHC_1907o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.geocities.com/ondrahs/IHC_1907r.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.geocities.com/ondrahs/SLQ_1928o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.geocities.com/ondrahs/SLQ_1928r.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks a bunch!!!!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>- Andrew[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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