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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 200113, member: 112&quot;]I knew I smelled sumthin <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>On a serious note, I think guess the grade threads are fun. And at the same time they are educational. It doesn&#039;t really matter the consensus grade is - what matters is what you can learn from the posts and comments in the thread. For if you will file away all those little tidbits and comments about the luster, the marks or lack thereof, the quality of strike, the wear on given areas of the design - all of these things will be helpful to each and every one of us in the future.</p><p><br /></p><p>Many, many times I have said to read every single thing you can about grading. You can&#039;t get it all from any single book, and you certainly can&#039;t get it all from any on-line coin forum. But you can get bits and pieces. And at some point in time all of those bits and pieces will coalesce in your mind and the light bulb will come on. All of a sudden you will begin to understand grading. And once you understand, from there on it&#039;s just a matter of gaining additional bits of info that pertain to particular issues - like O mint Morgans or the early &#039;40s S mint Walkers for example. And after that it&#039;s just practice, practice, practice.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, grading does take years to learn to do correctly. But if you don&#039;t pick up the bits and pieces along the way you&#039;ll never learn. So read it all, listen to it all - it doesn&#039;t matter whether it&#039;s wrong or right, listen anyway. Soon enough you&#039;ll sort out the wheat from the chaff and you&#039;ll retain the wheat. </p><p><br /></p><p>So keep &#039;em comin - post away. Who knows, we might <u>all</u> learn something <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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