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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Victor_Clark, post: 2535386, member: 10613&quot;]I hardly ever give coins I am selling a grade. It is much more important to take a decent picture and let people decide for themselves. Grading ancient coins is very subjective, especially if a dealer is grading coins he is selling. Years ago it was more important, perhaps even necessary, to have grades, since many printed auctions did not have pictures. I used to regularly buy coins from a dealer over the phone, without ever seeing the coin. A few dealers still do business without pictures, but for the most part, those days are gone, as is the need to worry about grading ancient coins. As a buyer, if you can see the coin pictured, you decide if you like it and buy it. The obsession with coin grading is one of the reasons I stopped collecting US coinage and started collecting ancients. Of course, I realize some people feel more comfortable with their coins graded, the same as some people like them slabbed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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