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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2435993, member: 24314&quot;][USER=3726]@mark_h[/USER]&nbsp; Not at all, I gave your post the &quot;like&quot; it deserves!&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>And how did you get to your standards - what influenced you and your standards? <span style="color: #00b359">I was basically self taught years before the grading seminars came along.&nbsp; I read all the books and was lucky have a local coin dealer who was a conservative grader.&nbsp; When he marked a coin VF, it was a VF according to all the books like Photograde.&nbsp; I think the main influence was learning to &quot;Technical Grade&quot; coins using a stereomicroscope set at the lowest power (4x-7x).&nbsp; Then I&#039;ve been to more grading/authentication seminars than I can remember.&nbsp; My standards are too conservative so I have learned to call AU coins UNC if they deserve the grade. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </span>Me, I have read thru(not all the way mainly around coins I like and want to collect) the ANA guide, the PCGS guide, some targeted coin types grading by experts(IE Rick Snow and IHC&#039;s grading guide), etc. And I am sure I don&#039;t follow them to the letter. The funny thing is on some of the stuff I read the strike details stick out more to me than the actual grading methodology - for example the left corn on the liberty nickel. If I was buying a 64 I would want that puppy to show some kernels. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <span style="color: #00b300">The 64/65 line is one of the places where strike really counts. </span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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