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<p>[QUOTE="KBBPLL, post: 26264130, member: 104064"]In addition to everything said above by much more experienced graders than me, once you've learned the basics there are nuances in every series to be aware of. For example, Bowers in the Barber Silver Coins red book states that when the dime obverse hub changed in 1901, the relief was lowered slightly such that Liberty did not wear away as quickly. Another example is the George VI Canadian dollars, where you can't base grades on "wear" in the hair for 1937-1947 the same as 1948-1952, because the obverse was updated with much more detail in the hair. I'm sure there are many other examples of this.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="KBBPLL, post: 26264130, member: 104064"]In addition to everything said above by much more experienced graders than me, once you've learned the basics there are nuances in every series to be aware of. For example, Bowers in the Barber Silver Coins red book states that when the dime obverse hub changed in 1901, the relief was lowered slightly such that Liberty did not wear away as quickly. Another example is the George VI Canadian dollars, where you can't base grades on "wear" in the hair for 1937-1947 the same as 1948-1952, because the obverse was updated with much more detail in the hair. I'm sure there are many other examples of this.[/QUOTE]
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