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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GregH, post: 2535402, member: 75936&quot;]Over-grading is so rampant on vcoins and eBay, I think grades are now meaningless.</p><p><br /></p><p>I just opened vcoins and found this barely recognisable Pontius Pilate prutah graded as &quot;Almost Fine&quot;. What? </p><p>No, any reasonable person would grade this as &quot;Almost Poor&quot;.</p><p><img src="https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/62/2/5/2PnBiTM43AwFb59BmoX96GcZFf7YyL.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Very Fine for type&quot; is a confusing term that I frequently see - basically it means &quot;crap, but most coins of this type are crap&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>You should know if a coin is desirable by its eye appeal - same as you would for a painting or an antique. And eye appeal has many components as Doug and Robert outline.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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