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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Fish, post: 505609, member: 6034&quot;]I&#039;d say 55 net 40.</p><p><br /></p><p>EAC grading is grading per the Early American Coppers society standards.&nbsp; There are no hard and fast rules, but you take the details grade and subtract based on any flaws.&nbsp; Coins that start at a higher details grade will get a bigger deduction for the same issues that a lower-grade piece would.&nbsp; The best thing is that it&#039;s totally subjective - I hate scratches, so I&#039;ll deduct more for those than other people might, and rim dings don&#039;t bother me a ton but for some people they&#039;re the worst thing possible, so I don&#039;t take off that much for them (especially if they&#039;re fairly small) while other people would mark a coin down heavily for having them.</p><p><br /></p><p>As a point of comparison, if you had a nice, clean-looking 8 coin with the same issues as this one it might only get net-graded to 6 or 7.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is because coppers, especially older ones, tend to come with a number of problems.&nbsp; Clean, problem-free early coppers are a rarity that can sell to a specialist with a healthy premium.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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