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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;beef1020, post: 3126102, member: 24544&quot;]The generic answer I give is that third party graders use what is called market grading, not technical grading.&nbsp; Look it up:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/market-grading-vs-technical-grading.232525/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/market-grading-vs-technical-grading.232525/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/market-grading-vs-technical-grading.232525/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>TL<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />R version:</p><p><br /></p><p>MS60-62 are always AU coins, coin with circulation wear</p><p>MS63 - half are impaired Mint state, half are nice AU coins with wear</p><p>MS64+ are generally uncirculated coins with very little or no discernible luster breaks.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mint state does not mean taken directly from the mint and put into storage, you can find mint state coins, i.e. those with very little wear, in circulation.&nbsp; In terms of sending coins to be graded by TPGs, I am 100% against having any coin graded by them.&nbsp; Of course you are free to waste your money with it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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