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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bob Evancho, post: 3293378, member: 84595&quot;]From the Coin Term Glossary:</p><p><b>Condition</b>: The physical state of a coin.</p><p><b>Grade</b>: Rating which indicates how much a coin has worn from circulation.</p><p>I have yet to go to a coin show, large or small, and show a coin and have the dealer or Learned Numismatist say the coin is in MS-60 CONDITION.&nbsp; They say I would GRADE the coin MS-60.&nbsp; Or it looks like it would GRADE Uncirculated, not it looks like it would CONDITION Uncirculated.&nbsp; Let us say You can have an MS-65 coin with a hole drilled into it and it would Details GRADE MS-65 and it&#039;s CONDITION would be holed. Buy the coin, not the holder.&nbsp; Hmmm, Buy a GRADING Guide Book.&nbsp; Who sells a CONDITION Guide Book?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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