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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kevinfred, post: 1643908, member: 26201&quot;]If so, could someone please post an example(s) ?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve been trying and trying to understand grading from MS to MS70 and I&#039;m not getting anywhere.&nbsp; I&#039;ve purchased and read</p><p><br /></p><p>The Official ANA Grading Standards for U.S. Coins by Kenneth Bressett</p><p>Grading Coins by Photographs by Q. David Bowers</p><p>Making the Grade by Beth Deisher published by CoinWorld</p><p><br /></p><p>These books came highly recommended yet none explain what luster breaks or &#039;wear&#039; looks like!&nbsp; It&#039;s almost as if they assume it&#039;s so easy one should just know.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve said it here many times and in private messages, what I see as a luster break or &#039;wear&#039; I see on ALL coins to some degree (PCGS MS65, NGC MS64, PCGS MS62, etc. etc.)&nbsp;&nbsp; In turn it&#039;s hard for me to believe I understand it....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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