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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;messydesk, post: 3839086, member: 1765&quot;]Flattered by those who value my opinion.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for whose grading opinions I value, it tends to be those who are not only consistently good at guessing a TPG grade correctly, but can also articulate why they grade something the way they do.&nbsp; As [USER=19165]@physics-fan3.14[/USER] (who is in that group along with [USER=15309]@Lehigh96[/USER], [USER=43130]@C-B-D[/USER], [USER=22377]@ddddd[/USER], probably a few others) said regarding his conversation with Mark Salzberg, this is how you can really learn what goes into a grade.&nbsp; I absolutely agree that time is well-spent having someone explain a grade to you.&nbsp; They may look at a coin and instantly tell you &quot;64,&quot; but if you get an explanation, you get to see what knowledge has been burned into their minds that led them to say that.</p><p><br /></p><p>Grading from pictures can be hit-or-miss, especially if the quality of the pictures varies.&nbsp; I&#039;ve gotten good at grading from Heritage photos because I&#039;ve looked at a lot of them.&nbsp; I&#039;m not quite as confident with Stacks/Bowers photos.&nbsp; When possible, I follow that up by actually looking at the coins in lot viewing, comparing the coin in hand with notes I made about them from the pictures.&nbsp; Next time you&#039;re at a show where you can view lots, pick a series and spend some time learning grades.&nbsp; Great way to learn.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you participate in Jason&#039;s GTG experiment and are consistently wrong, look back at the ones you got wrong, read comments of those that were right and try to assimilate that information.&nbsp; Iterative learning, even if only one tiny bit of information at a time, will make you better at grading.&nbsp; If you skip this step and just write it off as being wrong, then you&#039;re missing a chance to improve.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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