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<p>[QUOTE="ksparrow, post: 521825, member: 7638"]I bought the book (by Bowers) recently, and it is useful, with a lot of information beyond grading.Photos are decent. The ANA guide is my preference, because for the most part it has objective descriptions for the different grade levels, rather than always saying "further wear is seen" as one goes down the scale. I have heard that the early editions of Photograde have much better pictures, and the grading is a bit more conservative than in later issues. The PCGS guide has been of no help to me at all in grading coins, but it has other useful parts. </p><p><br /></p><p>In sum, I'd recommend the ANA Grading book, an early Photograde, and the Bowers book, and then proceed as recommended by GDJMSP above.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ksparrow, post: 521825, member: 7638"]I bought the book (by Bowers) recently, and it is useful, with a lot of information beyond grading.Photos are decent. The ANA guide is my preference, because for the most part it has objective descriptions for the different grade levels, rather than always saying "further wear is seen" as one goes down the scale. I have heard that the early editions of Photograde have much better pictures, and the grading is a bit more conservative than in later issues. The PCGS guide has been of no help to me at all in grading coins, but it has other useful parts. In sum, I'd recommend the ANA Grading book, an early Photograde, and the Bowers book, and then proceed as recommended by GDJMSP above.[/QUOTE]
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