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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 4491499, member: 39084&quot;]It&#039;s natural for most new collectors of ancient coins to be interested in knowing the grade of a coin they own or are considering buying.&nbsp; You&#039;ll learn that, at least on this site, most veteran collectors of ancients consider a coin&#039;s grade a curiosity at best, one that rarely if ever influences a collecting decision.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can get a better sense of why this is true if you try the following: go to the website cngcoins.com and click RESEARCH near the top of the page.&nbsp; Next, when the RESEARCH page appears, leave all the entry fields blank except the one labeled SEARCH and just type &quot;domitian denarius&quot; into this search field.&nbsp; Click the FIND button and you get a SEARCH RESULTS (903) page that has, literally, 903 hits in a variety of CNG&#039;s archives: The Coin Shop, eAuctions, Feature Auctions, Time Auctions, and Live Auctions.</p><p><br /></p><p>Browse through these archives and look at the various coins -- not just of the type you own, but all of them.&nbsp; Look at the obverse portraits, reverses, etc., and think about which ones appeal to you and which ones don&#039;t.&nbsp; Maybe part of the appeal is the coin&#039;s condition, but the coin&#039;s <i>grade</i> is probably irrelevant, especially if, say, one particular reverse is more appealing than another.</p><p><br /></p><p>Even among a set of similar coins you like, that may all be graded similarly, you&#039;ll find that you have preferences for one or two more than others.&nbsp; The grade doesn&#039;t really matter. </p><p><br /></p><p>The more research you do, the more you&#039;ll find that, well, grade is rarely if ever part of your decision to collect a coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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