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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SuperDave, post: 91347, member: 1892&quot;]Truer words never spoken.</p><p><br /></p><p>Although I&#039;m getting pretty familiar with the codified standards like Photograde et. al., I tend to purely market grade for coins in which I&#039;m interested, as evidenced by real-world results like Heritage and Teletrade auctions and Ebay sales. The grade/worth of your coin relates more to what it would bring at retail, rather than what specific grade someone would assign to it. </p><p><br /></p><p>Frankly, I think the only way a hard set of standards would work is if all coins wore and marked identically. Since this isn&#039;t the case, any and all grading has to be subjective and therefore prone to the personal involvement of the grader. </p><p><br /></p><p>I use the following 10-point personal grading system (lowest to highest):</p><p><br /></p><p>1) It&#039;s round. Must be a coin.</p><p>2) Somebody wore 10 cents&#039; worth off this quarter.</p><p>3) Golly, that one&#039;s been around the block a time or two.</p><p>4) Somebody caught it before it got too awful badly circulated.</p><p>5) Hmmm. Decent. This might be a keeper, especially if it&#039;s rare.</p><p>6) I like it. Only spent once or twice.</p><p>7) Never in a pocket, but its&#039; bagmates sure had their way with it.</p><p>8) This one gave better than it got.</p><p>9) I can see this pretty in my collection. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>10) OhmyGod! The reflection! I&#039;m blinded![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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