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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mralexanderb, post: 872169, member: 7851&quot;]In any coin book the photos have to be in color and enlarged to get any sense of the grade you&#039;re comparing a coin to. I have not seen the Bowers book the OP was referring to. I do use Coin World/Values--&quot;Making the Grade&quot; grading guide because of the quality of the photos and the ease of use with color photos. It&#039;s by no means the best way to grade a coin but you can get a real sense of what the coin should look like at a certain grade. I often use it to grade a coin posted here on CoinTalk and compare the books photos to my monitors image. It&#039;s actually fun to do it this way.</p><p><br /></p><p>But nothing beat a coin in hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bruce[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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