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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 3296620, member: 24314&quot;]JCro57, asked: &quot;So, if I may, can I ask again if Condition and Grade are the same thing or do they have different meanings?&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I appears that the answer to your question depends on who you ask.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Jaelus, posted: &quot;...Having two grading scales is <b>silly</b>.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><i><b>It sure is</b>!&nbsp; And anyone who says there are actually TWO GRADING SCALES in the commercial coin market is...ah, never mind.&nbsp; OTHERWISE, you may be <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie103" alt=":yack:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie103" alt=":yack:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie103" alt=":yack:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie103" alt=":yack:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />about the often heard opinion that there is a different grading system for certain coins and certain people.</i>&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;A lot of people get hung up on <i><b>wear</b></i>. Why? [<b><i><span style="color: #b30000">Do you think that perhaps it is because the ORIGINAL definition for MS or UNC plus the modern definition of MS on the PCGS website uses the word: W&nbsp; E&nbsp; A&nbsp; R?&quot; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie20" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie20" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie20" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></i></b>] <b>Wear is damage just like anything else.</b> Who cares if the damage is from a bag mark or a tiny bit of rub? Both are conditions that affect the surfaces. The relevant measure of a coin&#039;s [<b><span style="color: #b30000">COMMERCIAL</span></b>] grade is eye appeal. End of story. <i>[...and the continuation of the flawed FICTION perpetrated on us by the coin dealers . Perhaps you would take the time to explain to all the less knowledgeable folks here the difference between a contact mark and friction on a surface.]</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Ignore the condition description for a moment and just look at the number. <i><b>It just doesn&#039;t make any sense</b></i> that <span style="color: #660066">a 70 with a microdot of rub suddenly drops down to a 58</span>, while a 70 that gets banged around for a month gets a 62.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><i>In the present system, <span style="color: #660066">50%</span> of what you stated DOES NOT OCCUR.&nbsp; What does occur is a large number of MS coins with obvious evidence of PMD are STILL GRADED 70!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; That&#039;s the eye-appeal system you and others adore.&nbsp; That&#039;s the system where pretty AU&#039;s are commonly graded MS. Something to think about for the &quot;fanboys:&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; You better pray that things don&#039;t ever change and your AU&#039;s drop back to AU!&nbsp; A similar thing has already been happening to slabs. Coins with a <b><span style="color: #006600">green bean</span></b> are worth more than those w/o.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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