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<p>[QUOTE="petro89, post: 1898096, member: 17048"]Here are a couple good references for you:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.pcgs.com/photograde/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/photograde/" rel="nofollow">http://www.pcgs.com/photograde/</a></p><p> </p><p>PCGS Photograde has examples of each series for each grade. There are nuances throughout each series, for example, certain years of each type of coin may either be more well-struck than others, or more difficult to find in certain grades than others. But it is a great tool to use to look for the subtle differences in detail that I mentioned.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.numismedia.com/fmv/fmv.shtml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.numismedia.com/fmv/fmv.shtml" rel="nofollow">http://www.numismedia.com/fmv/fmv.shtml</a></p><p> </p><p>An online price guide. I wouldn't use this as a guide for buying or selling coins at all (you're better off looking at ebay or other auction sites to see what recent coins have fetched in terms of dollars). What this is valuable for in my opinion is looking to see trends in general or looking to see what coins it might make sense to try to grade. For example, I mentioned that it doesn't make sense to get war nickels graded in general unless the have a good shot for 67 or full steps. You can see that here,[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="petro89, post: 1898096, member: 17048"]Here are a couple good references for you: [url]http://www.pcgs.com/photograde/[/url] PCGS Photograde has examples of each series for each grade. There are nuances throughout each series, for example, certain years of each type of coin may either be more well-struck than others, or more difficult to find in certain grades than others. But it is a great tool to use to look for the subtle differences in detail that I mentioned. [url]http://www.numismedia.com/fmv/fmv.shtml[/url] An online price guide. I wouldn't use this as a guide for buying or selling coins at all (you're better off looking at ebay or other auction sites to see what recent coins have fetched in terms of dollars). What this is valuable for in my opinion is looking to see trends in general or looking to see what coins it might make sense to try to grade. For example, I mentioned that it doesn't make sense to get war nickels graded in general unless the have a good shot for 67 or full steps. You can see that here,[/QUOTE]
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