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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 3411187, member: 112&quot;]I see what you&#039;re trying to do, at least as far as the acronym goes, but originality is not a grading criteria. And strike, well, at least when it comes to what the TPGs do - it&#039;s not even used most of the time. And in some cases it could be argued that it&#039;s deliberately ignored by them.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, question for you. In your club, are you trying to come up with what the top 4 or 5 actually are, and are you trying to define what the TPGs use, or what you guys think they should be ? As for the acronym part of this, I&#039;m not sure you can make one if you use the actual top 4 grading criteria. </p><p><br /></p><p>In order of importance, for MS coins there are 4 primary grading criteria, they are generally considered to be:</p><p>1 - quality of luster </p><p>2 - eye appeal</p><p>3 - contact marks</p><p>4 - hairlines </p><p><br /></p><p>That said there are additional grading criteria generally thought to be secondary in nature. They are, and in no particular order: quality of strike, centering, surfaces, planchet quality, die quality, and scratches.</p><p><br /></p><p>So all in all you have 10 grading criteria to work with in order to form some kind of acronym if that is your goal. And of course once you get to circulated coins you have to add in degree of wear as a grading criteria for a grand total of 11 criteria.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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