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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Brett_in_Sacto, post: 2154920, member: 71510&quot;]I have a local coin shop &quot;lowballer&quot; that always tells me my stuff is junk, but he pays good on scrap gold and it&#039;s the only place near me to get holders, tubes and flips - and I ignore the rest of his opinions politely.&nbsp; It just becomes friendly debate <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I did challenge him last time, and I&#039;m going to let him defend his grade.&nbsp; The 1888-S I brought him that he claimed was &quot;XF at best, but he&#039;d give me $75 for&quot; was just graded MS63 at ANACS.&nbsp; He&#039;s tried to convince me on a few coins that I&#039;ve known better on, and this time I decided to test my skills and have a 3rd party tell me just how accurate I was.&nbsp; I knew it was uncirculated, my best guess was between 62 and 64.&nbsp; It turns out I did pretty well after spending some time on it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Grading is somewhat subjective and some say that NGC and/or PCGS have higher standards - but I do trust ANACS enough to get it right and while it may be a 62 by PCGS - it&#039;s still nowhere near an XF - and I knew that.</p><p><br /></p><p>He&#039;s in business to make money - I get it.&nbsp; He loses a bit of respect when he pulls that kind of thing.&nbsp; I guess it&#039;s tough in smaller markets.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Do your homework, learn how to read and grade a coin, and if you have something of real value - it&#039;s always worth it to have it professionally graded.&nbsp; Someone can still dispute it - but they don&#039;t have much to stand on other than financial gain.&nbsp; It&#039;s also good to see the really pretty ones get saved.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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