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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;World Colonial, post: 2424733, member: 78153&quot;]You haven&#039;t been a party to my prior post exchanges with cladking.&nbsp; I am aware of what you included in your post, either from what cladking has told me before or learned from elsewhere.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cladking uses quality criteria that isn&#039;t used by more than a minimal number of collectors.&nbsp; This should be apparent because if his criteria was the norm or anywhere near it, TPG grading would align a lot more closely to it.&nbsp; I use the TPG standards in my estimates because it is the one used by most collectors.</p><p><br /></p><p>Going by the current population reports, the price level and common sense, I &quot;guesstimate&quot; that most US circulating moderns are actually a Judd&nbsp; R-1 with 1250+ in PCGS MS-66 with most of the remainder an R-2 with 501-1250.&nbsp; I have already acknowledged to cladking that there are some exceptions such as 71-P and 72-P Ikes but don&#039;t see any reason to believe that most are generally any scarcer than what I am telling you.&nbsp;&nbsp; In lower grades such as MS-65, larger or much larger though yes, I agree that not all collectors will settle for this grade and the coins aren&#039;t good enough for everyone.</p><p><br /></p><p>I specifically use (PCGS) MS-66 because it is usually the &quot;under grade&quot; or one grade below the &quot;grade rarity&quot; and the highest grade most collectors of these series are likely to ever own or buy.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have never claimed my general comments apply to &quot;grade rarities&quot;, all die varieties (most which will never be widely collected anyway), &quot;special designation strikes&quot; such as FS nickels or preferred toning.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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