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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Trebellianus, post: 3541030, member: 91569&quot;]A digression of a digression but this is quite bemusing to me also. I know the grading of US issues is the fourth branch of science and the criteria are as rigorous and exact as you could wish for (but you can disregard them if your coin has the pretty purple toning, &amp;c &amp;c). How is this taken backwards to hammered issues? Do the grading houses maintain a philosopher who knows that the Schwäbisch Hall mint was producing soft strikes in 1284 and so another year&#039;s AU58 would be that year&#039;s MS62? Is there a table showing Hand Hellers with gradually increasing wear as the grade decreases? How many points do I lose if my otherwise minty Hand Heller has too many bag marks? And so on.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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