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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PersianGuy, post: 558154, member: 17820&quot;]As a newbie .... I went &quot;hog wild&quot; buying early on (from Ebay no less) and I got burned because I didn&#039;t do my homework. I bought more than a few &quot;raw&quot; coins which were mis-represented by the seller (imagine that!!)...</p><p><br /></p><p>SO I sold all of my raw coins back on Ebay .. at a loss as you can imagine, but they all went thank god. And I have kept only my PCGS graded coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can not really learn to how to grade without having many examples to study and study again. Obviously at a show or in a coin shop you can only stand there examining the coin for so long. And as (obviously) every coin of a particular grade has different attributes, it is best to have quite a few examples.&nbsp; Looking at Images and books is just not the same.To make a long story short, until I am completely proficient in grading, I buy slabbed PCGS coins, to learn. Someday, when i am more secure in my grading skills I will possibly go raw.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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