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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tradernick, post: 9568, member: 648&quot;]Grading is like anything else in life...the more you do it, the better you&#039;ll get.&nbsp; Remember that dealers (and some long time collectors) have looked at literally TENS of thousands of coins over the years...more than that for some.&nbsp; And GRADERS look at coins all day, every day, racking up hundreds of thousands of coins that pass through their hands.&nbsp; </p><p>Want to learn the difference between 63 and 64?&nbsp; LOOK at a lot of coins...study them closely.&nbsp; Then look at a lot more.</p><p>Another idea that works is to keep slabbed coins from your favorite series in different grades.&nbsp; You can even carry your &quot;grading set&quot; around to shows, etc.&nbsp; Just remember that all series are graded differently, and there&#039;s concessions to be made for certain years or mints...but a grading set is better than nothing.&nbsp; If you don&#039;t want to tie up money in such a set you can always collect closeup photos of graded coins. Again it&#039;s a very basic guideline but is still better than trying to &quot;wing it&quot;.&nbsp; </p><p>Nick[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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