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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cdc, post: 1442098, member: 33641&quot;]19lyds, that is funny.</p><p><br /></p><p>Guy and Cherd, how do you buy then?</p><p><br /></p><p>Leheigh96: I returned the book to the library but the author, Ed Reiter, concluded with something like &quot;so that resolves the long standing debate on whether coins are graded based on price or condition (alone)&quot;. I&#039;m sure condition has something to do with it. He then went into some discussion about coins being graded higher so they would have a higher price in an &quot;up&quot; market and graded lower in a &quot;down&quot; market so they would be worth less. (I think I got that correct but makes no sense to me).</p><p>You can probably get the book on an inter-library loan. It&#039;s an interesting read. Not quite so intimating as &quot;The Coin Collector&#039;s Survival Guide&quot;. Anyone with any common sense would RUN, not walk, away from the whole coin thing after reading that book IMHO. Guess that&#039;s why I&#039;m still here.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I appreciate the responses from people who have been doing this for a while. My experience is just looking through the Redbook which is not real world of coin shows and deal making. Something about buying on grade seems like a trap but I am just not sure why.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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