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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2338984, member: 24314&quot;]<span style="color: #b30000">Your point is well made; however...<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie14" alt=":angelic:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p><br /></p><p>It is the <i>words</i> <span style="color: #b30000">Collectors began to quit using ambiguous words like: &quot;trace,&quot; &quot;much,&quot; &quot;some,&quot; &quot;light wear,&quot; etc. long ago.&nbsp; With the publication of Photograde, we started to rely on photos.&nbsp; Ambiguous words are the way they are because EACH OF US has a different opinion of what they represent. For example: Please tell me what &quot;Much of the mint luster is still present.&quot; signifies.&nbsp; When I was learning to grade and the way it is still done in Europe this would describe an XF coin.&nbsp; According to the ANA guide it is used now for an AU-55! </span>below the photos which establish minimum requirements <span style="color: #b30000">(?) </span>for a particular grade. <span style="color: #b30000">NEWS FLASH: In my experience the ANA Guide is rarely used by professionals.&nbsp; In fact, few of them EVER* used it.&nbsp; </span>The photos (mostly of poor quality) are merely illustrations <span style="color: #b30000">True, and those in Grading Coins by Photographs and on the PCGS grading guide are mush more realistic than the WORDS/PHOTOS in that other obsolete guide.&nbsp; </span></p><p><span style="color: #b30000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #b30000">PS&nbsp; The intro of the ANA Guide is MUST READING for any collector both new and old.</span></p><p><span style="color: #b30000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #b30000">* It is a shame because if all of us used one and the same standards (ANA Grading Guide), much of the grading problems would be solved.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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