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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1705825, member: 26302"]I am the same. </p><p><br /></p><p>Others have read this 100 times, but how I taught myself how to grade, and recommend for new collectors, is to simply go to your bank and buy a bag or two of coins. Pennies, nickels, whatever. Buy a grading book, and GRADE. Make piles of every possible grade category. When done, go over each pile to compare with the book, get a feel for what a F is like versus a VF or a VG. Once you are done, pick out whatever you want to keep, or take them all back to the bank. Do this a few times, and get a massive free coin grading lesson. You might even find a few keepers. Plus, what is better than going through thousands of coins? Heck, I have bags upon bags of world coins, and sometimes just like to pull them out and paw through them. Its fun! And what more should a hobby be than fun.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some people get way too serious about this hobby. Paw through a bunch of dirty old coins. That is what got millions of kids addicted to this hobby back in the day. Love your coins for what they are and what they teach you, and don't stress their value so much. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1705825, member: 26302"]I am the same. Others have read this 100 times, but how I taught myself how to grade, and recommend for new collectors, is to simply go to your bank and buy a bag or two of coins. Pennies, nickels, whatever. Buy a grading book, and GRADE. Make piles of every possible grade category. When done, go over each pile to compare with the book, get a feel for what a F is like versus a VF or a VG. Once you are done, pick out whatever you want to keep, or take them all back to the bank. Do this a few times, and get a massive free coin grading lesson. You might even find a few keepers. Plus, what is better than going through thousands of coins? Heck, I have bags upon bags of world coins, and sometimes just like to pull them out and paw through them. Its fun! And what more should a hobby be than fun. Some people get way too serious about this hobby. Paw through a bunch of dirty old coins. That is what got millions of kids addicted to this hobby back in the day. Love your coins for what they are and what they teach you, and don't stress their value so much. :)[/QUOTE]
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