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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;claycad, post: 1171462, member: 17987&quot;]So really GDJMSP you aren&#039;t saying pictures are worthless, you&#039;re just saying a single picture is worthless. I flipped through a copy of Grading Coins by Photographs at a bookstore the other day, my own copy should be arriving in a day or two, and it seemed to also have good verbal descriptions of why a coin should be rated a particular grade based on characteristics of the obverse and reverse. I understand what you are saying about not relying completely on pictures now, but to call them worthless is going a little to far. Right now I don&#039;t collect MS coins, at least not expensive ones, only recent ones that are affordable. I mostly collect IHC at the moment and the best I can afford or atleast that I willing to pay for, is a F/VF grade and most of the older/rarer ones I have to settle for a G/VG. RIght now I just want to know that I&#039;m getting an VF IHC if that is what I&#039;m paying for. Determining weather its VF30 or VF40 might take me a couple of years, but even if I pay a VF40 price for a VF30 coin, at least I&#039;m not losing a ton of money since most IHCs in that grade range are under $20 anyway. Now once I get all the more available ones and move onto the rarer ones hopefully my eye will be a little more developed.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also just ordered &quot;Coin Collecting for Dummies&quot; on my nook and despite its condescending title it seems to be a decent book. It explains what it calls the big four factors: Luster, Eye appeal, Wear and Strike and how the combination of those four things determine the grade of the coin. It seems with the internet there would be a website available with thousands of pictures of coins that would show and explain the difference between grades. Much like the PCGS ipod app I just downloaded, only with dozens or even hundreds of examples of an MS69 Morgan, not just one. Is there such as site? Even if they charged a monthly fee I&#039;d probably be willing to get a months subscription to check it out.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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