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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chip, post: 757373, member: 19122&quot;]when I started and got my grading book I would look at the descriptions and find the lowest grade that my coin met all the standards, then I would look if there was anything my coin had that was at the next grading level, therefore I have some of those 2X2&#039;s marked vg-11, and g-7, and au-59.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did not do so because of any conviction about using the whole scale, I had just assumed that those numbers would be used to identify the shape the coins were in.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now with a little more knowledge&nbsp; I know that they skip those numbers, but still collectors will differentiate between au-58s, saying some have better markings, less wear than another, why they do not say au-57 or au-59 seems to me to be just how the system evolved, and as long as the system keeps evolving to meet the needs of collectors it will be used, but if or when it no longer fills the desires of collectors it will be dropped.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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