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Message:: [QUOTE="900fine, post: 543157, member: 6036"]Certain elements of grading are specific to a given series. For example :<ul> <li>how many letters of LIBERTY must we see to be G, VG, F, etc</li> <li>how much hair detail to merit F, VF, etc</li> </ul>For these grading motifs, different series have different standards. One must become familiar with any given series and its quirks. But some elements of grading are generic, and apply across the board. For example, discerning that first bit of rub makes a coin AU. This is true of all coins - domestic or foreign, modern or classic. This is cool, because mastering generic techniques means you have a jump at grading any coin, even unfamiliar ones. What principles of grading are transferable from one series to another ? What skills are generic, and applicable to a wide variety of coins ?    <discuss... talk amongst yourselves>[/QUOTE]