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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jaelus, post: 3298774, member: 46237&quot;]So basically the standards <i>have</i> changed.</p><p><br /></p><p>The changes just haven&#039;t been published because the TPGs who are changing the standards have a vested interest in keeping them private. While that is very unfortunate for collectors that the standards are not made public, acting like the old standards are still current is not a realistic approach.</p><p><br /></p><p>The best you can do is look at current TPG market grading as a whole to understand how the standards have changed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Clearly coins with high point wear can now be graded as high as 62. In order to get an AU grade, it&#039;s all about luster breaks in the <i>fields</i>. Does it mean a 62 with bag marks and no high point wear is a nicer coin than a 62 with high point wear and clean fields? No. It&#039;s showing <i>equivalency</i> between different minor surface impairments (meaning - wear is not special!).</p><p><br /></p><p>This approach to wear being treated as any other surface impairment can be taken further and perhaps will with future revisions of the grading standards.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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