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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 101569, member: 112&quot;]Yeah, I always blame the pics too <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Seriously though, that&#039;s why I made the comment I did in my first post. In my opinion coins in the AU58 - MS62 range are among the toughest there are to grade. It&#039;s just too easy for the coin to go either way. In this example I would have said AU58. That&#039;s because in some areas the breaks in luster could be interpretted as light wear. Even with the coin in hand - it&#039;s hard to tell in many cases.</p><p><br /></p><p>And it&#039;s also quite common for an AU58 coin to look much better than one graded MS60 thru MS62. Sometimes they even look better than an MS63. That&#039;s because light wear on a high point will drop the grade below MS, but all the dings, small hits etc. commonly found on low grade MS coins are not present on the AU58 coin at all and so it look better than it&#039;s higher graded counterparts.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most of the time I think the better grading companies get these right. But every so often I find myself disagreeing with their opinion. Of course that is true with higher grades as well.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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