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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Stewart, post: 811753, member: 19834&quot;]Advice </p><p>1: If you want to learn how to grade coins look at as many coins as to possibly can at coin shops and shows you will start to get a basic feel for what the grade is on different coins.</p><p>2. Buy a coin grading book &quot;Official guide to Coin Grading and Counterfeit Detection Second Edition,By PCGS </p><p>Also PCGS has recently put up a free web page of different grades of coins</p><p>Called &quot;Photo Grade&quot; <a href="http://www.pcgs.com/Photograde/#" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/Photograde/#" rel="nofollow">http://www.pcgs.com/Photograde/#</a></p><p>Dig out some coins and match them to the grades in the pictures. This will give you a Basic feel for what a coin will grade.</p><p>Also the Book The American Numismatic Association Grading Standards for United States Coin 6th Edition.</p><p>3. Go slowly enjoy the time you spend with your new chosen hobby </p><p>It is a Great One. Make your purchase decisions from a point of Knowledge</p><p>not guessing. It is possible that if you buy something just thinking that is a good deal and it turns out not to be. You could just lose the taste for even being in this hobby. I have seen it. Because the cost for some of our treasured favorites can get quite high. </p><p>4. NOBODY on the planet knows everything there is to know about this hobby that is what makes it such a GREAT social gathering. The sharing of knowledge of different peoples pockets of specialized knowledge being shared. The information someone seeks and asks a question about one coin might remind you and give you an idea about something strange on a coin of your own. </p><p>5.THERE ARE NO DUMB QUESTIONS IN NUMISMATICS!!! (Coin Collecting)</p><p>If you honestly do not know something ask someone there is a vast knowledge base on this forum and EVERYONE knows something in one area or another and there are some of the friendliest people in the hobby right here on this forum that would be glad to answer any questions you may have. Just make sure the words you type is the question you want to ask.</p><p>6. ENJOY ENJOY ENJOY:hail: after all it is a hobby and you are supposed to enjoy your hobby&#039;s</p><p><br /></p><p>Stewart[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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