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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kasia, post: 2923756, member: 31533&quot;]I am no expert grader, for sure, but I am getting better. Generally my focus is on modern US coins and I have been CRH for about 10 years. I pull out any coins that are seemingly valuable and the best UNC grades I can spot. Every so often I go thru the ones I have sorted and saved, and cull out all but the top few. This reminds me of the ones I don&#039;t look to save unless I think they might be&nbsp; MS65 or higher. This is because most of the modern business strike coins only become valuable in really high grades. A couple years ago I started buying some high graded examples and now my focus is on being able to spot a coin that could be graded MS66 to MS68. Realistically, extremely few will ever get a 69 or 70 unless it is a first strike designation, and my goal is to be able to know which coins are valuable and in which grades and possibly find some raw, either in CRH or in buying raw from someone who might not be into that niche market. Eisenhowers, in particular need to be MS67 or more to usually fetch the bigger prices. </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; I don&#039;t worry too much right now about where in the MS60-64 range a coin falls as long as I can confidently place it above that. Sometimes that has been difficult, but I expect I will get better.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; The highest grade I &#039;know&#039; I found in CRH was a MS66... because I had it slabbed... sold it for nearly two hundred... it was a 2008 error coin. The higher price was because it was an error, but I was really pleased to confirm that a coin pulled from a mixed roll (not all same year and mm, and containing older clad quarters too) would grade that high.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Basically practice however you can for the type of coin you like, then buy or find a place to examine some in the high grades, and practice some more. Books showing grading and points of first wear help also.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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