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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;900fine, post: 624343, member: 6036&quot;]This thread demonstrates why I much, much, much prefer EAC grading and thinking. The basic idea is start with sharpness grade and deduct points for problems and imperfections.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>My key point, for this thread&#039;s purposes, is <i>sharpness</i> i.e. amount of detail. What counts is the amount of detail. There is less emphasis on <i><b>why </b></i>the detail is missing.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>And that&#039;s what I like. If others want to get excited and debate <i>ad infinitum</i> about missing detail due to whatever - uneven wear, uneven strike, crummy dies, blah blah blah - let &#039;em debate.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This coin is a perfect example. It&#039;s missing large amounts of detail, is cleaned, and has artificial color - yet some call it AU !</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You want to pay AU50 money for this one, go ahead. It sold for VF20 money, and that&#039;s a fair price.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Overall, according to ANA guidelines, the coin has VF30 sharpness, problems, net 20. It&#039;s that easy.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Granted, &quot;VF30 sharpness&quot; requires a judgement call, since there is such dramatic difference between the left and right halves of the wreath. It is of <i>academic</i> interest <i>why</i> there is such a difference, but little <i>market</i> interest. As proven by the sale price - 20 money. The market cares more about condition and less about how we got there. We&#039;re not &quot;path-dependent&quot;, we&#039;re state-dependent.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>All of which answers the question &quot;If the coin has very little wear why would you grade it VF25 ?&quot;. It&#039;s missing sharpness due to reasons other than wear.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Missing sharpness is missing sharpness is missing sharpness. It doesn&#039;t matter why.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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