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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 117672, member: 112"]It's not so much that what you were doing was wrong - you just weren't using all of the information. The pics in the grading books are the pitts - try not to put too much stock in them. You're better off using the descriptions and becoming familiar with the coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>By that I mean the MS coins, particularly in higher grades. It's kind of hard to judge how much detail should be remaining on the circ examples if you don't know how much detail there should be to begin with. And for that, the high grade MS examples are your standard.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 117672, member: 112"]It's not so much that what you were doing was wrong - you just weren't using all of the information. The pics in the grading books are the pitts - try not to put too much stock in them. You're better off using the descriptions and becoming familiar with the coins. By that I mean the MS coins, particularly in higher grades. It's kind of hard to judge how much detail should be remaining on the circ examples if you don't know how much detail there should be to begin with. And for that, the high grade MS examples are your standard.[/QUOTE]
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