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<p>[QUOTE="ffrickey, post: 2138057, member: 20613"]The MS numbers refer to coin quality. You can find a beginner's guide to grading at <a href="http://coins.about.com/od/coingrading/qt/coin_grading101.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.about.com/od/coingrading/qt/coin_grading101.htm" rel="nofollow">http://coins.about.com/od/coingrading/qt/coin_grading101.htm</a>.</p><p>IMHO grades 65 and above are just minor differences in degree of perfection, and hardly relevant for most historical coins (I'm sure one of the monitors will jump on me for this heresy). Perhaps more interesting for dedicated collectors of American coins only -- they've only been around for about 270 years.</p><p>A better picture would help, I get what I think are fine results with an Olympus VG-130 pocket camera resting on a drill press.[ATTACH]408209[/ATTACH] </p><p>Though of course profis with a bigger camera can do better.</p><p>FYI my 6th edition Standard Catalog lists the 1900 4 Dukat at</p><p>Very Fine- $450, Extremely Fine-800, Uncirculated-1350, and Brilliant Uncirculated-1600. That was with an assumed gold price of $950-1000 an ounce.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ffrickey, post: 2138057, member: 20613"]The MS numbers refer to coin quality. You can find a beginner's guide to grading at [url]http://coins.about.com/od/coingrading/qt/coin_grading101.htm[/url]. IMHO grades 65 and above are just minor differences in degree of perfection, and hardly relevant for most historical coins (I'm sure one of the monitors will jump on me for this heresy). Perhaps more interesting for dedicated collectors of American coins only -- they've only been around for about 270 years. A better picture would help, I get what I think are fine results with an Olympus VG-130 pocket camera resting on a drill press.[ATTACH]408209[/ATTACH] Though of course profis with a bigger camera can do better. FYI my 6th edition Standard Catalog lists the 1900 4 Dukat at Very Fine- $450, Extremely Fine-800, Uncirculated-1350, and Brilliant Uncirculated-1600. That was with an assumed gold price of $950-1000 an ounce.[/QUOTE]
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