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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;theSharpGun, post: 1547306, member: 39683&quot;]<span style="color: #000000"><font face="Verdana">“I’m not a professional grader”</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Verdana">You probably hear this a lot when shopping for coins on sites like eBay. Maybe you might have heard this once or twice at a coin show, though not as likely. In these cases the seller has pretty much just alleviated the responsibility of informing you that a coin might be cleaned, have a problem, over-graded, etc. In other words, you’re on your own. This can be a dangerous and risky experience for less experienced coin collectors. The less experience collector might end up paying too much for a coin or underestimate the how much a scratch can hurt the value. </font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Verdana">When I decided to seriously pursue this path I never imagined all of the various factors that go into the beauty of coins. I was always researching and looking up coins that I wanted but still managed to be overwhelmed when actually buying a coin. I made quite a few mistakes but I also managed to be a bit more informed. This is in part due to an app called PCGS Photograde. </font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Verdana">PCGS Photograde was created as a free reference tool for collectors in order to determine a grade of a coin. It is filled with every US coin series and has high-definition pictures of every US coin in every grade. Sometimes it’s just fun to scroll through and see how beautiful some coins look in their highest grades. At first glance it must be really helpful but I soon realized its’ many many shortfalls. </font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Verdana">Firstly while it does give a great idea of coins in circulated conditions, a somewhat inexperienced collector would have a tough time determining the differences between an MS-64 and an MS-65. Also there are no detailed descriptions of the differences between an MS-64 and an MS-65 or even a VF-30 and an EF-45. In addition to that, there aren’t any pictures of cleaned or problem coins. This should be a pretty basic feature and PCGS has not added it. If PCGS’s Photograde was a new application, I would have cut them some slack. However this app has been out for years now with no major updates or additions. All in all it is seriously lacking for the serious collector. There is no way a collector could seriously rely on this app. </font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Verdana">I originally started writing this review with the intentions of displaying the many uses of PCGS Photograde for the new collector and even the experienced. Although, I quickly realized that this app is extremely unhelpful and that unless you had an experienced collector with you, you really were on your own. </font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Verdana">So I am very disappointed with this app and give it a low 1.5 stars out of 5. </font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Verdana">-theSharpGun</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Verdana"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Verdana">*************************</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Verdana"></font></span><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Verdana">I will continue to write more reviews when I can. I know that there will be those who disagree with me and that’s great!! Please post your comments down below on why you think I was right or wrong. I’m still learning too and would love to hear more from you guys!! Thanks so much for reading!</font></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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