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<p>[QUOTE="The Half Dime, post: 26741702, member: 153164"]I've been dealing for 2 years and am still learning a bunch of ropes. For coin grading, give me an Indian or Lincoln cent and I feel comfortable grading it. Buffalo nickels take 3rd place, and now that I've been acquiring better dates in mid-to-higher grades, it's become a tool I use quite often. I can do Liberty nickels through XF, most Seated stuff through F-VF, and most Barber through F-15. Usually where I lack grading skills is in modern coins, as I find myself very rarely grading those.</p><p><br /></p><p>Even if I become the world's most knowledgeable coin dealer when I'm old, I won't consider myself an expert because once you do that, some people will think you know everything about coins, when in reality there are so many coins to learn about that it'd be nearly impossible to deal in them all.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1707528[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1707529[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1707530[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I would grade this particular Buffalo nickel F-12, and while I got it for $3.50, it may take a minute before my opinion of the grade matches with another person's. The pictures don't do this coin justice.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="The Half Dime, post: 26741702, member: 153164"]I've been dealing for 2 years and am still learning a bunch of ropes. For coin grading, give me an Indian or Lincoln cent and I feel comfortable grading it. Buffalo nickels take 3rd place, and now that I've been acquiring better dates in mid-to-higher grades, it's become a tool I use quite often. I can do Liberty nickels through XF, most Seated stuff through F-VF, and most Barber through F-15. Usually where I lack grading skills is in modern coins, as I find myself very rarely grading those. Even if I become the world's most knowledgeable coin dealer when I'm old, I won't consider myself an expert because once you do that, some people will think you know everything about coins, when in reality there are so many coins to learn about that it'd be nearly impossible to deal in them all. [ATTACH=full]1707528[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1707529[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1707530[/ATTACH] I would grade this particular Buffalo nickel F-12, and while I got it for $3.50, it may take a minute before my opinion of the grade matches with another person's. The pictures don't do this coin justice.[/QUOTE]
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