One of my many questions

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If you want a jump start to collecting, join the ANA, borrow videos from the library and most important for grading: Read the intro to the ANA Grading guide. And buy Grading Coins by Photographs by Q. David Bowers. Intro in this book is BEST intro to grading at this time.

Let me know if you don't understand anything in my book!
Q.D. Bowers





Just Kidding...But it is v. important to read this book's introduction.

 

Thank you for the info sweets!! I'll look into ANA and that book

 

You're QDB insider! My first book was your Morgan mini redbook

 

There are good videos on utube...grading, counterfeiting, and more. Along with COINTALK, I have learned much from the videos.

PCGS has good pictures on grading.

 

NO. I am not Q.D. In the post, AFTER RECOMENDING THE PURCHASE OF HIS BOOK I printed his name as a JOKE. Q.D. has done lots for the hobby/business and I fully endorse his grading guide. The introduction is the best explanation of grading history printed. First time in print an influential numismatist/dealer admits old AU's are now Uncs. Additionally, the photos are closer to the way coin s are graded today than the ANA guide.

 

PS Plenty of sources for "photo grading" around. Books tell you how to put them to use.

 

It's cool when you tell a non collector about the 2 and 3 cent coins , even the 1/2 cent .

 

I should have said directly under the cud on the opposite side .

 

Sure especially when even you can afford it..lol

 

I seriously don't feel denomination matters its the joy of making a hobby interest that you can be proud of

 

It's caused by a piece of the die breaking/falling off and is called a "die chip"Rachael.It becomes filled with new material on the next coin struck...

 

Thank you!

 

Any time I can help you I will princess,thanx for joining us!

 

How about 180 degrees from the cud on the same side (kind of like the Blakesly effect)?

 

oh no....here we go again :-(

 

all your questions answered...
http://cuds-on-coins.com/

 

Grading from images is one of those things where the book learning takes 5 minutes, and the other 99% of what you need to know comes from practice grading from images. The number of potential variances is enormous, the causes equally broad, and the reasons so similar that you kind of need to learn about things on a case-by-case basis. Even more problematic, it seems that many folks choose to stop learning at a certain level and then misapply their limited knowledge to incompletely diagnose what they're looking at.

I love Cuds On Coins. They're doing amazingly detailed listings of valid numismatic features, without the slightest effort to integrate their knowledge with any existing variety system. Yet another numbering system, and who knows if that coin deserves a number from someone else's system? They don't.

Arrogance and shortsightedness.

 

Hey Rachel, whatever you say is fine by me.

 

Haha thanks