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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jtlee321, post: 2512149, member: 73983&quot;]Joining or at least attending a meeting at a local coin club will be of enormous value.&nbsp; The benefit of that far outweighs the advice we can give here.&nbsp; You have to understand that all we have to go on are photo&#039;s that you provide.&nbsp; These give us just a glimpse of the possible state any coin is in.&nbsp; Some photo&#039;s can tell a lot about a coin, other&#039;s can conceal a lot.&nbsp; Members at a coin club can hold the coin in hand and describe exactly in detail, the problems with the coin (if there are any).&nbsp; The same thing can be done at a show, but dealers are there to conduct business not teach, so they will have their best interest in mind.&nbsp; This and other forums are the second best place to get opinions and to learn from.</p><p><br /></p><p>To help you learn, I would suggest searching for all the Guess The Grade threads you can find and study the images and read all the guesses, then postulate your own opinion and ask yourself why you came to that conclusion.&nbsp; If your buying raw on eBay (which at this point I would highly suggest you not do) then the guess the grade threads will help you learn to read a photograph.&nbsp; But then again, you must beware that flaws can easily be hidden using lighting techniques.&nbsp; You&#039;re at the beginning of your journey, study the map and learn where all the pitfalls are before you leave the comforts of home.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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