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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;clembo, post: 315898, member: 8033&quot;]I am not qualified to be a TPG grader for a &quot;real&quot; service. If I were I wouldn&#039;t be sitting here typing this.</p><p><br /></p><p>There have been some excellent points made here. There are VERY few people that can stand up to a professional. </p><p>Dealers that I feel are at last close to being qualified are dealers I like to buy from. </p><p><br /></p><p>When I started getting back into coins about 15 years or so ago I wouldn&#039;t grade a coin PERIOD! I trusted the dealer that I really frequented back then and luckily he&#039;s strict in his grading. I still go to him and he taught me a lot about grading.</p><p>One of those guys that enjoys sharing information you know? I&#039;d bring in coins that I won on ebay with my idea of a grade (after he convinced me to get an ANA guide) and then he&#039;d give his opinion. Usually we&#039;d match but I&#039;d take his opinion over mine if in disagreement.</p><p>I trust his honesty and experience.</p><p><br /></p><p>One can look at how grading has changed over the years as well. I think I&#039;m pretty good at grading 2 Cent Pieces (especially circulated). Why? - because I&#039;ve dealt with them extensively.</p><p>Used to be I&#039;d look at a coin with easy F+ details but no real WE visible and call it a G4. Same coin would probably slab at VG10 or higher and I&#039;ve adjusted my thinking on that.</p><p>So now you&#039;re getting into variables such as strike, die states etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>A professional has a lot more knowledge over a much broader spectrum that the average collector or even dealer.</p><p>Ask me to grade a Peace Dollar and I&#039;ll run away<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p>Never could grade them, don&#039;t collect them so my knowledge is horrible when it comes to grading them.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>GRADING IS SUBJECTIVE: This is true but three of the uglier words I think one can string together. It is used all too often by those that &quot;subjectively&quot; over grade for sheer profit. I think you know where I&#039;m going here - the MS67 coin that is really an AU55 but planting the MS67 &quot;seed&quot; sucks in the truly clueless.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m comfortable with my grading and buy mainly raw coins because of this. This in NO WAY makes me comparable to a professional grader.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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