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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;halfcent1793, post: 3292772, member: 86853&quot;]This is a semantic exercise. Numerical grading always was and still is <span style="color: #ff4d4d">edited</span>. The numbers correspond to the price structure of large cents in the 1920s-1940s. (How many of us were collecting large cents 70+ years ago?) Now, the numbers are used as a shorthand for grade, so they mean the same thing. MS65 means gem uncirculated. VF35 means Almost Extremely Fine. Use the terms interchangeably.</p><p><br /></p><p>In other words, for most of numismatics, condition and grade are synonymous.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, in early copper, &quot;condition&quot; refers to the quality of the surface, independent of the amount of wear (grade). A coin at any grade level can be typical (average), better than typical (choice) or worse than typical.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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