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Please remember that these pages are only an introduction and will not instantly make you an expert judge of ancient coins. That can come only through time and experience. Neither are they intended to tell you what quality of coins you should or should not collect, as you must decide that for yourself. What we hope they will do is give you enough information with which you can make reasonably informed decisions and begin the learning process.
Fortunately, experience is a great teacher, and it is no coincidence that very experienced numismatists will normally have no trouble agreeing on which coins are very poor examples, which are average, and which are superb.
But when you boil it all down,
there are really only two grades that matter.
1) YOU LIKE THE COIN
2) YOU DO NOT LIKE THE COIN
Value is simply a matter of how much you like the coin.
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