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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 421944, member: 112"]I would agree with that Mike to a point, but I wouldn't say nearly every series. Your comment is particularly true about the older series (up to the 1850's or so) though. After that things change.</p><p><br /></p><p>And words are important Mike, that book after all is what PCGS says that they base their grading on. They are supposed to follow those written words when grading your coins. And to a large degree they do. And that is exactly why I think they wrote the book and worded it the way that they did - so that they could grade AU coins as MS and thus fool the vast majority of the numismatic public.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 421944, member: 112"]I would agree with that Mike to a point, but I wouldn't say nearly every series. Your comment is particularly true about the older series (up to the 1850's or so) though. After that things change. And words are important Mike, that book after all is what PCGS says that they base their grading on. They are supposed to follow those written words when grading your coins. And to a large degree they do. And that is exactly why I think they wrote the book and worded it the way that they did - so that they could grade AU coins as MS and thus fool the vast majority of the numismatic public.[/QUOTE]
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