Has any forum members here written articles on coin grading?

coinsarefun

Curious minds would like to know, if so can you tell me who it was

ModernDollarNut

Not quite what you asked but I wrote a lengthy chapter on grading Ike Dollars in my recently published Ike book. Rob

OPA

I'm sure D.H. has written several

llafoe

I've opined on GTG threads... does that count?

coinsarefun

<< <i>I've opined on GTG threads... does that count? >>





Not sure, lets test you out.........grade this coin imaged below

Bear

It is just my feeling, that to opine on grading in a Forum, owned by a grading company,
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is a bit touchy. If one is merely clarifying or expanding understanding ,of certain aspects

of grading a coin in a certain series, then it is probably OK. However I would be careful not

to walk over that invisible , but always present, line in the sand. I have written articles on

the various FH characteristics from weak to Ultra but all these are legitimate FH designations.

I have written on my own techniques for evaluating a coin. My standards may be stricter, equal

to or less then what is the grading norm for a particular TPG. However, my feeling is, let the TPG

grade the coin and I will decide if I want to buy the coin or not. That way, we are both happy and

no body gets their nose out of joint.

coinsarefun

Your right bear. I in no way meant it to be against any TPG including PCGS, they actually have some of the best articles
Regarding grading. I am not looking for that. I am looking for a basic introduction into grading coins for new collectors.

Maybe I should have made clearer in my original post

I would just like to gather a few articles on beginning grading

ModernDollarNut

Since I'm seated at the PCGS table when on this forum, I'll stay positive, not a problem as PCGS is my book's lead TPG in spiite of their main Ike competitor covering many more Ike Varieties.

PCGS has a strong internal grading culture, buttressed by the feedback their grader's receive from re-grades. Take the time to figure out their grading culture for the Series most important to you, compare PCGS grades with the other major TPG's and you'll be on your way to buying coins and not tags.

PCGS also takes you into their grading room via video so you can easily duplicate a PCGS "grading station" in yoiur home. Now you're really cookin'.

Books, articles, photos all help but nothing, NOTHING, compares to wobbling coin after coin after coin under a hooded incandescent light-bulb.

IMHO, unless one is unusually gifted, it takes a year or two of practice to begin to learn how to overcome your brain's programming and insistance on "seeing" what it has seen before, what it expects to see, and what it wants to see. With those barriers to grading under control, look-out! You could wind up earning a good income as a TPG grader. . . Rob

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