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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;claycad, post: 1169676, member: 17987&quot;]I just ordered Grading Coins by Photographs and the ANA grading guide. I will see how I like those to before I order anymore. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I always say the more references the better, but why exactly do I need them all? I mean the PCGS guide on amazon is $60 new and $36 used? That&#039;s more than the other guides combined. What makes it so much better? Not trying to be smart, just asking. I&#039;m more on the side that coin grading is an art not a science and no matter how much you study, train your eye and read these books your opinion on the grade of a coin will almost always be slightly differnet then other peoples. I&#039;ve read many stories of people sending a coin to NGC, geting a graded coin back. Then they crack open the slab send the same coin in the same condition to PCGS and get it back with a different grade than NCG gave it. Then they crack the slab again send it to ANACS and get a grade that is different then both NGC and PCGS. I&#039;ve never heard of anyone doing this, but I would bet money you could send a coin to one company, get it back with a grade on it, crack the slab and send it to the same company and get it back with a different grade from the same company. If I were rich I&#039;d spend money on doing such experiments myself out of curiosity. </p><p><br /></p><p>Point is, I will probably never buy a slabbed professionally graded coin. Just because some grader at PCGS gave it an MS65 it might not mean that that particular coins would appeal to me as much as a MS62 graded coin would for some reason or another. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I just want some basic grading skills so when I buy at a shop, show or on ebay I&#039;m not going to totally get ripped off on the price or grade. </p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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