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Message:: [QUOTE="Club128, post: 6391857, member: 42697"]Hello all.  After a few years of "distraction" from the hobby, I'm picking up coin collecting again.  As part of my pursuit of knowledge/experience, I'm preparing my first submission to PCGS for grading.  I'll note that I don't have misguided expectations and a plan to "get rich" from grading.  I've used the publication "Making the Grade" for several years and have a reasonable understanding of grading as far a wear goes.  What I don't have a good handle on are the conditions that would prevent a straight grade.  In that regard, I'm considering the submission of this 1864-L repunched date Snow-3 indian head cent with a fairly solid XF grade, if straight.  The issue, I fear, is on the reverse - there appears to be some older abrasion marks on the high points of the right side of the coin ("E", "NT", ribbon, arrows, and wreath).  Would this factor in as a deduction to a straight grade or would it be not gradable.  If the latter, what condition would most likely render it not gradable (cleaning, scratches, env. damage)?  Thanks, in advance, to this group of vast collective knowledge! <img src="http://subasavage.org/Personal/Pictures/1864-L%20RPD-003%20XF%201.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://subasavage.org/Personal/Pictures/1864-L%20RPD-003%20XF%203.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]