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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SuperDave, post: 2434698, member: 1892&quot;]Two good reasons for you not to take me at my word. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ollyoccia, you&#039;re working at an experience disadvantage at the moment. Much of what you wish to be able to identify requires <b>hundreds</b> and maybe <b>thousands</b> of examples of individual coins to get to the &quot;on sight&quot; level. In this day and age of exquisite digital imaging capabilities, a good portion of that experience can be gained via high-quality imagery, but not everybody shoots imagery of that quality. Worse, minor differences in lighting can cause a complete change in the &quot;look&quot; of a coin. And digital imaging is such that someone with great experience grading coins in-hand will <i>inevitably</i> undergrade digital images until they learn how harshly it can overexaggerate marks. It&#039;s a completely separate skill.</p><p><br /></p><p>And there&#039;s a third skill, that of evaluating less-than-perfect images.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s....complicated. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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