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Message:: [QUOTE="physics-fan3.14, post: 3832393, member: 19165"]I am so happy that you recognize this is the best way to learn. Look at as many coins as you can! This is how I learned, this is how most of us learned. Build in your mind a library of coins - compare each coin to that reference bank of experience. This is exactly how you should learn to grade! Understanding the key aspects of strike, luster, eye appeal, surfaces, contact marks (and potentially wear) is the way to understand grading. Sometimes you might disagree with a TPG - and that's ok. I do it all the time! But, you need to be able to understand and explain why. Yes, this coin is BN. I specifically chose a BN coin for this to eliminate the variance of the BN/RB/RD discussion. My OP states that this is a BN coin. My hope and intention is that people feel free to post their guesses and explain why they guessed that way. My hope is that if someone guesses incorrectly, or doesn't understand why a coin was graded that way, that members will instruct and help them out. I realize that sometimes this may feel like an attack, but I hope that's not how we react. My goal here is to educate and help people grade better - and gather some interesting data along the way.[/QUOTE]