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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3991059, member: 19463&quot;]This was true in 1974 as I recall but not nearly as true as it is today.&nbsp; The sellers I knew way back when did not&nbsp; regularly carry rough and ugly, damaged coins unless the coin was really special in some way.&nbsp; Today we see more acid cleaned culls and a general attitude that having a photo of every coin makes it OK to sell such things.&nbsp; I bought coins by mail from unillustrated lists that would say only &quot;VF, bold&quot; or &quot;F, dark&quot; which was enough to guess whether I wanted to risk buying.&nbsp; I believe more dealers then tried to be use they would make customers want to return for more rather than moving merchandise they wish they had never bought. I don&#039;t think grades were as dependent on wear as on &#039;eye appeal&#039;.&nbsp; My memory is tempered by time and a fondness for the good old days.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>That said, I do believe the Sear prices are worthwhile if you think of them as relative desirability points rather than cash prices.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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