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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 612, member: 57463&quot;]No, what you call &quot;grading an AU-58 as an MS-63&quot; is an example of egregious error on their part -- no matter how &quot;common&quot; that might be.</p><p><br /></p><p>I took the ANA Grading Course and passed it with high honors.&nbsp; I also watched the video from J.P. Martin -- or as much of it as I could put up with.&nbsp; NOTHING in either case supports what you said.&nbsp; In point of fact, TECHNICAL grading is the first pass, the bottom line, the basis for market grading.&nbsp; If a coin does not have the technical grade, it cannot get the market grade.&nbsp; Market grading only downgrades a coin&#039;s technical grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>Where some people get confused -- and misuse the term &quot;market grade&quot; -- is in understanding the details of the Minting process.&nbsp; Entire runs of dates and whole series are known for weak strikes.&nbsp; The Mint reduces the pressure to get more strikes out of their dies.&nbsp; The Saint and the Peace Dollar are classic examples of that. Another perfect example is the Bust Half in which so much metal flows into that big bosom that less is available for the Eagle on the reverse.&nbsp; Large Cents were often struck on inferior planchets.&nbsp; There are many other examples,&nbsp; As a result, a coin from a series or year known for weak strikes or other problems will have allowance for that built into its true technical grade and a coin with <u><b><i>_apparently_</i></b></u> AU detail is known to be and is graded to be Uncirculated, which it truly and objectively is.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you can quote me from the PCGS or ANA or Photograde or Alan Hager books or an ANA Grading Course or your notes from ANA Grading Seminar you attended to show that a technical AU-58 can get an MS-63 because it has luster, strike, flash, and eye appeal, I will stand corrected.&nbsp; I will not change my own persnal opinion, but I will accept it as fact that the market makers have the opinion you ascribe to them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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