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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;claycad, post: 1169989, member: 17987&quot;]I know they all have different grading standards. That is my point, I think you should read my last post again. I not so interested in learning why NGC will call a coin MS63 when PCGS will call the same coin a MS65 or vice versa. I just want to have a general idea of a grade so I&#039;m not getting ripped of when I go to a coin shop or show. I really don&#039;t see the point in purchasing a book for $60 if it is no better than a grading book for $12 or $17. Different is not necessarily better. the PCGS book might be different then the ANA book, but would you say it is better? If someone tells me that the book has much better quality photos and gives better descriptions of why the coin is graded the way it is, then okay, say that it is a better book for those reasons, but not because of an opinion that PCGS is a better company than the others. PCGS standards are just one companies opinion of a grade vs. another. Why should I value their opinion on grading over another reputable company? I don&#039;t mean to sound smart, but really it doesn&#039;t make a lot of sense to me. As I mentioned in my last post, I have no intention of ever collecting professionally graded coins because it is so subjective. I will buy coins that has nice eye appeal to me, I even write what grade I think it is on the 2x2 (I think it will be interesting to look at the same coins years from now to see if I would grade if differently). I don&#039;t really care if PCGS or NGC would give it a higher or lower grade as long as I like how it looks.</p><p><br /></p><p>I may be more interested in the different standards used by different companies a few years down the road, I may even become interested in collecting professionally graded coins down the road. Right now I just want to develop a good enough eye so that I don&#039;t get completely ripped off and my collection is growing and I would like to know the grades and therefore retail value of my collection in the event I decide to insure it I won&#039;t over or under insure its value.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did download the PCGS app for my iPod and I must say it is awesome especially for being FREE! It doesn&#039;t give explanations but does have very good quality photos of PCGS graded coins ranging all the way from Poor to fair all the way up to MS70 and shows all the subtle differences such as MS61, MS62, MS63, MS64 etc etc. And since its on my iPod, which I take viturally everywhere with me anyway, I can just pull it out at a coin shop and look at a photo of what a XF coin looks like and compare it to the XF coin I&#039;m about to buy to make sure the coin dealer doesn&#039;t have it over graded for the price. Thanks for that suggestion lackluster.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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