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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Speedy, post: 593719, member: 705&quot;]Ya haven&#039;t been around much hu?...... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Keep looking.</p><p><br /></p><p>Matt nailed this one - if you buy a coin from PCGS, or NGC, or pretty much any grading company, then you have their backing that the coin is what they say. They will either replace/ buy/regrade/etc to keep their word as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now - note on this as well - </p><p>There are alot of fly-by-night grading companies out there - you said that you are new to this game, so here is the key.</p><p>Buy yourself some books, and read, read, read. I would suggest getting:</p><p>The ANA Grading Guid</p><p>Photograde</p><p>PCGS Grading Guide </p><p><br /></p><p>Those are just a good start - add other books that are on the topics that you are interested in.</p><p><br /></p><p>The grading companies that I would suggest you stay with until you are better at grading are:</p><p><br /></p><p>NGC</p><p>PCGS</p><p>ICG</p><p>ANACS</p><p>DGS</p><p>PCI</p><p><br /></p><p>PCI is out of business now, and DGS has taken over the company. ICG and ANACS aren&#039;t always the best, but they are alright.</p><p><br /></p><p>Join Heritage, it is free, and use their database to check out coin prices - before you buy a coin check the database for the same type/grade/date/etc....it will show you what the past sales have been.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most of all - have fun!</p><p><br /></p><p>Speedy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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