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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;centsdimes, post: 1064114, member: 26657&quot;]<font face="Tahoma">I have collected coins only sporadically through the years, since it is an expensive hobby, but I inherited a collection this year, which has set me on a coin-buying spree. It is somewhat appalling, I think, what passes as a good, very good, and fine coin.</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Tahoma">When I was young I discovered the ANA grading standards and can see no reason to part from them. The only problem with them is they assume you know what an uncirculated coin looks like, and they will say such things as “if half the details in the hair are worn away,” or “if half the details in the wings remain,” which are impossible to understand if you’ve never seen an uncirculated coin of that design.</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Tahoma">However, with the PCGS website you can see the uncirculated version of the coin.</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Tahoma">And I would conclude that the ANA standards, coupled with pictures of uncirculated coins on the PCGS website, give us standards that allow some consistency in grading coins. (Would you agree?)</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Tahoma">I appreciate all these comments—it’s very helpful in my understanding what goes on in the coin world.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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