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Message:: [QUOTE="Kasia, post: 2901780, member: 31533"]Here is a learning experience. Find a good grading book with photos, your money will be well spent if you get a good one. Then take each and every one of your slabbed coins and seriously look for marks, dings, etc. Try not to attribute any of those to errors, etc. Make your own scorecard, and on the basis of those and any wear or general lack of luster or luster marks, assign what you would think the coin should grade. I won't say your grade would mirror the major tpgs grading, but it might give you an idea that grades should accurately reflect the coin. I have not taken a close look at any of these you are showing to criticize any one in particular. But my not being familiar with this company.... meaning I would not likely purchase one of their slabbed coins without a very hard look at the coin, there is a very visible red flag I see... That is that there is a 1984D Jefferson Nickel that is graded a MS70. I would be really surprised if there are absolutely no imperfections on that coin that should hold it back from that grade by at least 4 points.... Nickels coming from the mint generally take at least a couple hit marks on them and are super easy to have something mar the surface.[/QUOTE]