Reddit mentions of The Official Guide to Coin Grading and Counterfeit Detection, 2nd Edition

I didn't have the ISBN's handy for all of these it was easier to find Amazon links and a link to Rick Snow's site for the Indian books. These are the books on my bookshelf which aren't the common ones: (Some are hard to find.)

• Photograde: Official Photographic Grading Guide for United States Coins, 19th Edition
  
• United States Early Half Dollar Die Varieties 1794-1836, 4th Edition
  
• The Official Guide to Coin Grading and Counterfeit Detection, 2nd Edition
  
• The Complete Guide to Barber Dimes
  
• The Complete Guide to Barber Quarters
  
• The Complete Guide to Barber Halves
  
• The Flying Eagle & Indian Cent Attribution Guide (Volumes 1-6)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Apn-kYEl-Xw - PCGS grading webinar 101. There is a 102 and 103 that are very good and worth watching. I found this very helpful for the basics.

http://www.amazon.com/Official-Guide-Grading-Counterfeit-Detection/dp/0375720502/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1457635266&sr=8-1&keywords=coin+grading+and+counterfeit+detection - I bought this book and found it helpful too.

Beyond good resources like that, all you can do it maybe take the ANA seminar or look at lots and lots of coins. Go to a coin show and just look at graded Mercs.

In my experience, which is <5 years, each series grades differently enough that you have to look at a lot of the coins from that series to be able to grade within half a grade on average. The smaller the coin the harder it is to grade since smaller marks become grade limiting. I can grade dollars and other series I collect fairly competently, but I feel like I suck at Mercury Dimes in comparison.

Is this the book you were talking about? I put it on my Christmas list either way. Definitely looks like it will be helpful. Thanks for the recommendation.