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The E-Sylum: Volume 6, Number 52, December 7, 2003, Article 20
ANA GRADING GUIDE OBSOLETE IN PRACTICE
Joe Boling writes: "You printed Amanda Rondot's confession
about becoming a numismatic bibliomaniac I had already
responded to the ANA as follows:Amanda Rondot, in writing about some of the books in her
library, had this to say about one of them: "Official ANA
Grading Standards for United States Coins is helpful not only
for those of us who doubt our grading abilities and wish to
improve them, but also for all coin collectors. Since few
people are familiar with the grading standards for series
outside their collecting specialties, this book is good for
acquainting oneself with a new series before buying unfamiliar
coins. I find it to be an especially useful study guide when I
am acquiring type coins for my collection."I took the ANA grading course last month [October 2003].
I found, when comparing the ANA grading set (graded by
NGC) with the book, that the book no longer reflects market
practice. If you are using it to familiarize yourself with a new
series, expect the circulated coins that you find in recent slabs
to be at least one full grade different from what you will see in
the photographs in the book. In other words, if you want a
coin that looks like one called fine in the book, you will have
to buy a coin slabbed as very fine to find one with that degree
of wear. If the grading service is one of the ones reputed to
use even more liberal standards than NGC and PCGS, you
might find two grades difference between the slabbed grade
and the book's illustrations.If you are trading by mail with another collector, and you both
agree to use the standards of the book, that will work OK.
But if you are buying from a dealer, and you find one who is
still using the standards of the ANA's official grading book,
you had better cultivate that relationship."- 2003-12-07
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