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<p>[QUOTE="hamster, post: 1245296, member: 32110"]McBlzr, I love the PCGS photograde site. However, maybe I'm a little daft. Without some sort of annotation or reasoning, I can't tell why they are graded as they are. Am I missing something?</p><p><br /></p><p>Kanga, I have the 1997 PCGS guide ("Coin Grading and Counterfeit Detection"). Is this one of the TPGs standards you are referring too? There is an approx. 2 pg summary on MS60 - MS70 for all coins, and little quarter page section on MS Jeffersons offering some "color commentary" about strike, luster, etc. Does the new edition have more info? Or perhaps there is another more explicit PCGS reference I'm not aware of.</p><p><br /></p><p>Definitely going to pick up the ANA guide. Ordering that now and I'll report back if that solves my problem.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can't wait to find a good guide and compare what I've learned to my actual coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for the advice!!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="hamster, post: 1245296, member: 32110"]McBlzr, I love the PCGS photograde site. However, maybe I'm a little daft. Without some sort of annotation or reasoning, I can't tell why they are graded as they are. Am I missing something? Kanga, I have the 1997 PCGS guide ("Coin Grading and Counterfeit Detection"). Is this one of the TPGs standards you are referring too? There is an approx. 2 pg summary on MS60 - MS70 for all coins, and little quarter page section on MS Jeffersons offering some "color commentary" about strike, luster, etc. Does the new edition have more info? Or perhaps there is another more explicit PCGS reference I'm not aware of. Definitely going to pick up the ANA guide. Ordering that now and I'll report back if that solves my problem. I can't wait to find a good guide and compare what I've learned to my actual coins. Thanks for the advice!!![/QUOTE]
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