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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2462124, member: 24314&quot;]Some of your post makes sense.&nbsp; Some does not.&nbsp; For example, no coins graded by the old, not used anymore by professionals or TPGS standards of &quot;no trace of wear&quot; went down in grade to AU when that standard was abandoned except by the 2% of the old time</p><p>numismatic purists who will all be dead in ten years.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You can wish all you want but <span style="color: #b30000">most</span> Mint State coins in some series like Seated dollars, Bust half dollars, Standing Liberty quarters, etc. DO NOT MEET THE ANA CRITERIA for the MS grade.&nbsp; Virtually all of them have friction on their high points causing their original surface to be degraded enough to be seen with the naked eye.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Take a coin like that - blazing original luster, hardly any noticeable marks, yet a dull patch on the high points where the original surface luster is impaired.&nbsp; What should we grade it.&nbsp; You, me, [USER=112]@GDJMSP[/USER], and 1.99% of the purists say AU-58.&nbsp; The rest of the marketplace is in the MS-64 - 65 range due to the coin&#039;s eye appeal and value.&nbsp; I&#039;ve left enough money on the table selling AU-58&#039;s that became MS-65&#039;s to buy a Porsche!&nbsp; I&#039;m over it.&nbsp; As I wrote above, in ten years the 2% of us will be dead.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie40" alt=":dead:" 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" /><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" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>PS&nbsp; IMO, two reasons the ANA standards were degraded is they were unrealistic and EVERYONE wanted MS coins![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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