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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Geoff Wall-Davis, post: 1970511, member: 71645&quot;]This was a most interesting and educational subject on the subject on grading.&nbsp; From my own personal experience as a coin collector, unless coins are of proof FDC, brightly uncirculated coins will always have some kind of blemish on them.</p><p>A question which can always be asked is, are near perfect coins mainly for investors only?&nbsp; I have always believed that to a true collector a coin is a coin, whether it is perfect or well worn.&nbsp; Although I have some near perfect coins in my collection, a circulated coin can get my imagination going by thinking about how it was used at the time, and the individuals who may have spent it.</p><p>Getting back to the subject of grading, to be quite honest it is never going to be an easy task, and I&#039;ve been at it for a very long time.&nbsp; Over the years I&#039;ve been to many coin fairs and have found that many dealers do not have a clue and seem to over-grade what they have to sell.</p><p>Because of my desire to learn more about grading coins, I recently acquired a publication titled; &quot; The Standard Guide To Grading British Coins &quot;, by Derek Francis Allen, published by Rotographic.&nbsp; This guide covers all British&nbsp; coins from</p><p>&nbsp;1797 to 1970, and I have found it an invaluable guide to help me have a better insight into the sometimes tricky subject of coin grading.</p><p>When you are a coin collector you are learning all the time, and sites like these are always going to be a big help.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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