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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2517397, member: 24314&quot;]I&#039;m confused how anyone here can be confused.&nbsp; The dealer is trying to sell a $9 AU coin for $40+.&nbsp; The maximum grade of the coin is AU-50.</p><p><br /></p><p>I tried to help the poster who thought the coin was AU-58 and the OP who was thinking of buying it because some ignorant dealer <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie81" alt=":shifty:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie47" alt=":greedy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> discounted the coin.&nbsp; I tried a simple concept used in grading seminars to evaluate the opinions of posters here.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Read Carefully:&nbsp; The correct answer on a grading test for a coin is AU-50.&nbsp; One student grades the coin AU-58.&nbsp; One student grades the coin XF-45.&nbsp; Which student came closer to the coins actual grade?&nbsp; The student who said XF-45 because the coin is an AU-50.&nbsp; Now the instructor tells the student who said AU-58 that <span style="color: #ff0000">the coin is closer to XF than to UNC <span style="color: #000000">so AU-58 is not an appropriate grade.&nbsp; XF-45 is closer to the correct grade of AU-50 than AU-58 is.&nbsp; Simple right? </span></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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