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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 521119, member: 112&quot;]I think part of reason there are no good pics in grading books is really quite simple. It&#039;s because they would have to print several pictures of each coin in each grade to have truly representative examples.</p><p><br /></p><p>Think about it, there just so many different reasons as to why a given coin is assigned any given grade. In some cases it can be lack of luster, in others it can be too many marks, in others it can be slight wear vs a weak strike. And then for each picture they would have to explain why this particular coin was XF for this reason or that reason. </p><p><br /></p><p>One picture is just not capable doing this. But a verbal description of generalized charcateristics for a given grade, coupled with experience &amp; unserstanding of the grading process - is.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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