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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 143849, member: 112&quot;]Sounds like you are describing carbon spots on the cents - yes it affects the grade, in a bad way I&#039;m afraid <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie4" alt=":mad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> And no, there&#039;s nothing you can do about it.</p><p><br /></p><p>But even without the carbon spots, it would extremely unusual for the coins to grade higher than MS67 and most of them will grade under that. I&#039;m not saying it&#039;s impossible, just <u>extremely</u> unusual. </p><p><br /></p><p>When it comes to grading the books are the best place to start, but books are only the beginning. It takes a lot of experience to learn how to properly and accurately grade coins and you only get that by doing it - a lot of it. I&#039;m not trying to discourage you, rather the opposite. I&#039;m trying to encourage you to practice your grading. Look at as many graded coins as you can - it helps. And eventually you will begin to understand the differences and hopefully even see when the grading companies make mistakes. Trust me they do. And so will you, but that&#039;s how we learn <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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