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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;coinhead63, post: 1373194, member: 28001&quot;]As it was explained in something I read a while back, the AU grading scale is sort of a parallel to the MS grading scale.&nbsp; For example:&nbsp; A coin that has an overall eye appeal similar to MS60 but shows a hint of circulation wear gets AU50.&nbsp; One with eye appeal similar to MS65 but having light circulation wear might merit AU55 and on it goes up to AU58.&nbsp; Nobody seems to have split the AU designation fine enough to grade coins in AU51, 54, 57 or 59 yet.&nbsp; BTW the Sheldon scale was originally intended for use in determining the value of early large cents.&nbsp; Each grade assigned a multiplying factor times the face value of the cent and that assigned it&#039;s value to the collector market.&nbsp; Of course it has since been applied to grading any coin from any country.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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