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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1447965, member: 26302&quot;]I hear you Ruben, but for the most part these have been above ground, and were struck by machines. I love US copper and colonials myself, and believe this is where I would end up if I came back to US coins, but I am just saying I don&#039;t think they should be graded like ancients. </p><p><br /></p><p>Personally I judge them just as harshly as any modern coins. I grade strictly on everything, but I am not a condition snob in the least. My favorite ancient is a vg, and I love a nice old fashioned wear F coin. If I were in the market for an 1802 that little bit of corrosion would not bother me if I paid an appropriate price.</p><p><br /></p><p>I simply see grade inflation rampant in US coins, possibly because people wish they own better coins than they do. For some reason a nice VG coin is not &quot;worthy&quot; of love to way to many collectors anymore, and neither is a coin that has been cleaned in the past, or has a rim bruise, or a ding. They are like little abandoned dogs cast astray by the mad rush of owners to get the &quot;better&quot; pets in the plastic. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Just call me a mongrel lover.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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