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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2599888, member: 24314&quot;]<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Since you don&#039;t know what the word &quot;perfect&quot; means, you probably don&#039;t know what making an assumption <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> means either. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Nevertheless, you have just assumed something... Get my drift?&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The ANA grading book is a <span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 179)">GUIDE</span>.&nbsp; It is used in Coin Grading Seminars.&nbsp; I&#039;ve been in many.&nbsp; On several occasions, I&#039;ve even been lucky enough to see inside the grading rooms of any place that mattered except for PCGS.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Guess what?&nbsp; <span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">They all had copies of several grading guides, INCLUDING the ANA&#039;s.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s said that a blind squirrel can find a nut every so often <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />, so I&#039;ll give you this one point:&nbsp; The major TPGS do not follow the ANA grading standards <span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 179)">as closely as they could.</span>&nbsp; However, the chart in the grading guide suggesting the grades based on the number of marks, eye appeal, hairlines, etc for dollars is very useful to learn and will generally get an apparent novice (?) such as yourself into the ballpark with the TPGS opinions.&nbsp; Where the ANA guide fails us is at the AU/MS border as coins that were formerly graded AU are now often graded in the low MS range.</p><p><br /></p><p>The post in this thread by @<span style="color: rgb(179, 89, 0)">CamaroDMD</span> about a little hit on the reverse of a coin making it ungradeable is something similar as the two recent <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />opinions you have posted. You would do yourself and your <span style="color: rgb(179, 89, 0)">minion audience</span> well to take a look at that chart and remember, a coin&#039;s obverse is its most important side (60% to 80%) depending on which major TPGS finalizer you ask.&nbsp; BTW, I have asked. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>PS I have SIX Coin grading guides at arms reach on my desk and a specialized one for Large cents in the bookcase behind me.&nbsp; Always something to learn or brush up on.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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