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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John the Jute, post: 543518, member: 17740&quot;]Thank you everyone.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>One of the perverse pleasures of asking experts a question is that they always say that the answer is more complicated than you thought.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This would explain why the words used to describe the grades are so similar on either side of the Pond, even if the implementations are different ... and have changed over the last 50 years.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>When I was reading up CoinTalk&#039;s FAQ section I came across this post from 5 years ago:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Is this still true?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>And would I be correct in inferring that, if I wanted to buy a UK-uncirculated Ottawa-struck sovereign from a North American dealer, I would be well served by a coin graded MS-63 or thereabouts by one of these services?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Later,</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>John[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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