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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 47102, member: 112&quot;]Grading is pretty much grading - you estimate a grade for the host coin first and then do the same for the countermark. The same principles apply to both.</p><p><br /></p><p>But there are countermarks and then there are countermarks. Some countermarks can be as simple as a cricle or a square stamped into a coin. Others can have quite intricate designs like the coin you have. In fact your coin has several countermarks one of top of the other. </p><p><br /></p><p>With the more plain countermarks there is nothing to grade really. But for those with a design - like say the Spanish colonial 8 reales with the head of King George stamped into the bust of Carlos IIII or Fredinand VII, you have two different designs to grade.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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