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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kanga, post: 1884887, member: 9270&quot;]Grading is somewhat objective.</p><p>The ANA Grading Guide is just that ... a guide.</p><p>And it gives an objective set of things to look for that lead you to deciding what a coin&#039;s grade is.</p><p><b>BUT</b> the &quot;things to look for&quot; are not set in stone; they are a bit fuzzy and that&#039;s where the subjective part comes in.</p><p>At that point you compare your interpretation of the guide vs. the seller&#039;s interpretation.</p><p>No big thing.</p><p>If you don&#039;t agree you move on to the next listing.</p><p><b>PLUS</b></p><p>You have the fallback position of disagreeing with the seller if what you receive doesn&#039;t <u>in your opinion</u> agree with the seller&#039;s description.</p><p>It&#039;s called a SNAD (Significantly Not As Described).</p><p><u><b>BUT</b> this means it&#039;s incumbent on you to have a reasonable working knowledge of grading and the general characteristics of altered coins</u>.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you don&#039;t have that knowledge then there are several choices:</p><p>-- don&#039;t buy raw coins from eBay, or</p><p>-- only buy raw coins on eBay from known reputable dealers, or</p><p>-- only buy coins graded by a reputable TPG, or</p><p>-- only buy raw coins from stores of/at shows from known reputable dealers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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