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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bonedigger, post: 314691, member: 4367&quot;]Great general advice without question for those taking pictures of coins for sure.</p><p><br /></p><p>Personally when grading coins, I try to do it with the coin upside down and starting with the reverse.&nbsp; It takes away the general assumption factors and allows one to concentrate on the various areas individually.&nbsp; Identify the key areas like devices, field, rims, etc...&nbsp; Then combine those overall grades averaging them out by the number of areas you are checking.&nbsp; Take this technical grade and then throw in a little &#039;eye-appeal&#039; and with practice you&#039;ll have the actual grade of the coin.&nbsp; With practice, more times than not you will fall spot-on the true overall grade of the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>This process (I think) was begun by a Mr. Sherman Clark of Flynn, Texas back in the 1960s and it gradually caught on with members of the (now defunct) Brazos Valley Coin Club, which was headquartered in Bryan, Tx (*Texas Coin Exchange).</p><p><br /></p><p>Take Care</p><p>Ben[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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