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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 160559, member: 112&quot;]The TPG&#039;s themselves use grading sets - slabbed examples of the coins in all of the grades. So yes the method of using slabbed examples can be helpful in learning how to grade. It certainly won&#039;t teach you all you need to learn, but it is helpful. But you need multiple examples of the same coin in the same grade, all slabbed by the same compnay in the same approximate time frame.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can also learn a great deal by closely examing pictures of slabbed coins on sites like Heritage and Teletrade. Even pics on ebay can be helpful sometimes. But nothing, absolutely nothing takes the place of looking at thousands and thousands of coins in person. And if you don&#039;t work for a grading company about the only way to do that is to look at them in dealer shops or at coin shows. This is why it takes years to learn how to grade - and that&#039;s just for one coin series. Of course you can learn how to grade more than one series at a time if your memory is good enough.</p><p><br /></p><p>By the way, do not use coins slabbed as MS60 - you will learn virtually nothing. It depends on the series, each one is different as to which grade is the best to examine for learning purposes. But as a general rule MS64 and up is your best bet.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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