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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CrustyCoins, post: 661580, member: 19115&quot;]There were many steps,</p><p><br /></p><p>First read books like the ANA grading standards</p><p>Then you start by assessing wear on high points</p><p>Then you learn to mix in quality of fields, how much luster is left, quantity of hairlines, number of hits, size of hits etc...</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s one long progression that can only be learned by experience and looking at hundreds if not thousands of examples.</p><p><br /></p><p>In addition there are things like strike etc... where some standards take a series with typical weak strike and grade them differently.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh and lastly ANA usually puts on a class for grading and authentication that is worth every penny, um I mean Cent. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>A good place to start is download a .pdf file from Rick Snow&#039;s website that explains the basics of grading Indian Head Cents.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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