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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mat, post: 2490924, member: 21445&quot;]From a poster on the PCGS boards...</p><p><br /></p><p><i><b>&quot;I was in Rick&#039;s presentation. He proposed a system called &quot;PDS Grading System&quot;. It uses ANA grading system (from Poor, Fair, about Good, Good ..... all the way to Perfect Uncirculated/Proof) as basis and add Planchet, Die, Strike grades on the basis grade. In other words, you have to grade the coin based on ANA grading standards first, say the coin is a Very Fine coin or it is a Choice Uncirculated coin. From there you add its Planchet (to me, it is contact marks but Rick included more factors such as Cleaning factors), Die (to me, it is luster but Rick also included Die states and other factors) and Strike. Each P, D, S can rank between 0 (the worst) to 5 (the best). You add these three number up and you got a new system. For a ample, VF (8:2,3,3), AU (5:0,2,3) etc.&quot;</b></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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