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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jim Dale, post: 4945099, member: 100459&quot;]My father left my brother and I his coin collection.&nbsp; We were in our mid 60&#039;s at the time and didn&#039;t know one penny from another.&nbsp; When I got my half of the coin collection, the &quot;bug&quot; hit me and I looked at every coin that I got.&nbsp; My father wasn&#039;t much of a coin collector.&nbsp; Anyway, I studied a bit about coin collecting, but it was not enough.&nbsp; I found a dealer in the yellow pages and went to see him.&nbsp; We became friends, but I still didn&#039;t know much.&nbsp; However, I read some magazines and saw where gold and silver coins should be entered in my collection.&nbsp; The dealer, still my friend said he had just gotten some gold coins, so I asked to see them.&nbsp; One coin was a graded MMIX Ultra High Relief Gold coin.&nbsp; I really liked it, so I bought it.&nbsp; Like I said, I didn&#039;t know anything about grading.&nbsp; Upon examination, the coin had been graded by PCGS with an MS68.&nbsp; Anyway, I loved the packaging.&nbsp; I even got the shipping box.&nbsp; I was happy with the grade until I was told that a MS68 for that coin isn&#039;t too marketable.&nbsp; A second item that happened for grading.... I bought a Gold Liberty Double Eagle and a Gold Liberty Eagle RAW.&nbsp; I had been reading up about the importance of grading, so my dealer said he was going to a Coin Show and he could get the coins graded cheaper than if I sent them directly.&nbsp; The Double Eagle came back with a details grading that the obverse had a scratch on it.&nbsp; I had to really look to find it, but I did find it, finally.&nbsp; The Eagle came back with an MS-61.&nbsp; It was then, that started reading up about grading.&nbsp; I now, don&#039;t care if the coin is graded or not in some of my purchases, but the more expensive coins, I don&#039;t buy unless they are graded.&nbsp; I still don&#039;t or can&#039;t look at coins close enough to find &quot;details&quot; in the coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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