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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Spark1951, post: 8252398, member: 90692&quot;]Kristine, I think you are doing too much “black vs white” on this.&nbsp; There are many “gray” areas too.&nbsp; You have objective criteria, hard and fast things like damage, corrosion, staining etc…and the subjective criteria, such as eye appeal and judgement applied to any given criteria.</p><p><br /></p><p>Try to think about it like this: a prominent error coin that has defects is not going to command a higher value than one with no defects.&nbsp; Also, some criteria for grading have higher or lesser importance, depending on the buyer/seller.&nbsp; For example, I would buy a 1955 DDO Lincoln in Red as opposed to Brown.&nbsp; Less wear is better.&nbsp; Fewer contact marks are better.&nbsp; At MS60, a coin (allegedly) leaves the Mint, but even with no wear, what about die wear/deterioration?&nbsp; Even brand new coins have nicks and scuffs.&nbsp; The ones that don’t are the ones they call scarce and get higher grades.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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