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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1930852, member: 112&quot;]To my knowledge there are no books from other countries similar to the ANA grading book for US coins. But they most definitely do grade coins in other countries. For the most part, I never seen any country be different anyway, they grade them very much like we used to here in the US before the advent of the ANA book. In other words, instead of a numerical system they use an adjectival system. Such as - G, VG, F, VF, XF, AU, BU, and Proof, with exemplifiers added when needed, eg: Good VF, Very Good VF, etc etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>The TPGs however pretty much grade coins from other countries just like they do US coins, using the same system, grading criteria, and definitions. In other words, a coin is a coin, regardless of where it&#039;s from.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, because of their lack of familiarity with the coinage of other countries it has been my experience that the TPGs over-grade and under-grade a whole lot more often than they do with US coins. They also get the authentication wrong a whole lot more often, by several times more often than they do with US coins. And yes, I am saying they slab counterfeits and fakes as genuine coins because they do not know how to identify the fakes and counterfeits. Again, due to their lack of familiarity and knowledge.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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