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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SilverMike, post: 2554362, member: 78609&quot;]Don&#039;t feel dumb.&nbsp; It is just that if you don&#039;t know the basics of grading then you really don&#039;t know what you have, and when you buy you are at someone else&#039;s mercy.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I recommend a few things:</p><p>Buy the book The Art and Science of Grading Coins by Jason Poe. It tells you many of the basics about the process.&nbsp; </p><p>Go online or get app for PCGS PhotoGrade. It shows you grading for all the major US coin series in a stepwise fashion. </p><p>If you can go to a coin show or shop and just look at a ton of coins. You will begin to see things that are described in the grading books. </p><p>Finally, hang out here a lot, especially in the grading threads.&nbsp; You will begin to see the differences in the grades and some rationale for those grades.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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