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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 3112890, member: 112&quot;]Not really. There are a great many books on grading that you should buy and study. But until you have spent some time doing that there really isn&#039;t much that would be worthwhile carrying around with you and then trying to grade coins you are looking at. I mean, yeah you could do it but you&#039;d just be guessing. And that could be more harmful to you than helpful. </p><p><br /></p><p>Coin collecting is something that has to be taken kinda slow Tim. It&#039;s a lot like going to school, you just can&#039;t jump straight into high school, ya gotta take, and pass, the first 9 grades ! And even in high school, you&#039;re still just a beginner. And when it comes to grading, well to put that into the same analogy, ya need a college degree. Assuming you want to have any hope of being right !</p><p><br /></p><p>And I&#039;m not trying to discourage ya here, on the contrary, I&#039;m trying to inform you. For the time being, you guys, you and your son, should just be collecting coins from circulation, buying and reading some books, and then studying the books. It takes time, work and effort. And doing all that, well that&#039;s part of the fun of it all.</p><p><br /></p><p>If ya wanna but some books, get 2 Red Books to start, one for each of ya - just like I suggested in the other thread. Spend some time on those. Then move up to the ANA grading book - </p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Official-Standards-American-Numismatic-Association/dp/0794838243" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.com/Official-Standards-American-Numismatic-Association/dp/0794838243" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Official-Standards-American-Numismatic-Association/dp/0794838243</a></p><p><br /></p><p>You can also read and study this, the entire book is available on-line, for free.</p><p><a href="http://www.coingrading.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coingrading.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.coingrading.com/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Those 3 books right there, that&#039;s more than enough to keep ya going for quite a while <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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