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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 1873316, member: 27832"]I'd add one meta-observation, one which I <i>hope</i> is true:</p><p><br /></p><p>Doug's discussion of learning how to grade may make it seem like an overwhelming challenge. Even if you work hard at it, it will take years to master it. Maybe you never will. Certainly, no matter how far you progress, there's always more to learn.</p><p><br /></p><p>But that's no reason not to start! Even if you only practice for a few weeks, and move from 0.1% mastery to 0.3% mastery, you've gained yourself some advantage. That start will make it easier for you to accumulate more knowledge, even if you aren't consciously working at it. It will also help reduce the frequency, severity, and expense of the mistakes you make.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, there's also a complementary side: even if you're very pleased with your progress, <i>don't get over-confident</i>. You might be pretty sure you're better at grading than the TPG folks -- but if you haven't been at it for many, many years, and <i>tested</i> that skill many, many times, don't bet the house payment on it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I've got quite a few coins that I thought were undergraded or undervalued, based on my grading skills at the time. Some were, but others have problems, or exposed problems in my grading skills. I'm still in my house, though. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 1873316, member: 27832"]I'd add one meta-observation, one which I [I]hope[/I] is true: Doug's discussion of learning how to grade may make it seem like an overwhelming challenge. Even if you work hard at it, it will take years to master it. Maybe you never will. Certainly, no matter how far you progress, there's always more to learn. But that's no reason not to start! Even if you only practice for a few weeks, and move from 0.1% mastery to 0.3% mastery, you've gained yourself some advantage. That start will make it easier for you to accumulate more knowledge, even if you aren't consciously working at it. It will also help reduce the frequency, severity, and expense of the mistakes you make. Of course, there's also a complementary side: even if you're very pleased with your progress, [I]don't get over-confident[/I]. You might be pretty sure you're better at grading than the TPG folks -- but if you haven't been at it for many, many years, and [I]tested[/I] that skill many, many times, don't bet the house payment on it. I've got quite a few coins that I thought were undergraded or undervalued, based on my grading skills at the time. Some were, but others have problems, or exposed problems in my grading skills. I'm still in my house, though. :)[/QUOTE]
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