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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pickin and Grinin, post: 2950359, member: 73995&quot;]I like GTG as much as the next. I like the different answers from folks I trust.</p><p>Getting photos through slabs, can be, well, extremely misleading.</p><p>Going back to the thoughts of &quot;grading from photos is a fools game&quot;</p><p>not sure who said it first. </p><p>It is very easy to mute field chatter, bag marks, etc in photos.</p><p>The grader is at the mercy of the author.</p><p>An in hand inspection is the only true way to grade a coin, Honestly even a slab can get in the way.</p><p>Raw coins and folks to help you with your decisions as a beginner is the best way.</p><p>Gtg can be helpful, and fun, but the photos aren&#039;t always accurate. There are very few here that can present a coin correctly. I am not&nbsp; one of them, ok maybe every once in a while I get them detailed enough, still learning the trade.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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