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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1053327, member: 112&quot;]There are many, many books written on how to grade coins of a particular series. But there are only 3 (based on modern standards) that I know of that were written as guides as how to grade any US coin. They are - <i>Official ANA Grading Standards for United States Coins</i> 6th edition, PCGS <i>Guide to Coin Grading and Counterfeit Detection</i> 2nd edition, and <i>How To Grade US Coins</i> by James Halperin (this one is available on-line in its entirety - <a href="http://www.coingrading.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coingrading.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.coingrading.com/</a> ).</p><p><br /></p><p>As for how professional graders are trained - they are trained the same way anybody is, by studying coins. There is no school, there is no training program, but there are some classes you can attend at the ANA. But attending those classes will not make you a professional grader. They will only give you the basics.</p><p><br /></p><p>You get to be a professional by studying coins and only by studying coins. Some people can accomplish this in just a few years while for others it will take decades. It differs with each person and the aptitude they have for it. It also depends upon how much work and effort you put into it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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