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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hobo, post: 1429585, member: 11521&quot;]It is not unusual for a coin collector to prefer an AU-58 to an MS-60. AU-58 is the HIGHEST grade for a circulated coin. (I know. I know. Lots of AU-58s - especially gold coins - are in MS-62 and MS-63 holders.) An AU-58 coin is a very, very nice coin with GREAT eye appeal, full luster, very few marks. If not for the slightest bit of circulation wear it might grade MS-64 or higher. </p><p><br /></p><p>MS-60, on the other hand, is the LOWEST grade for an uncirculated coin. While technically an MS-60 is completely uncirculated it looks like it laid in the street for several days. An MS-60 has TERRIBLE eye appeal; it may have very little luster and it will have TONS and TONS of marks. </p><p><br /></p><p>I hope that explains why some people prefer a coin with very slight circulation wear but GREAT eye appeal to one that has no circulation wear but has TERRIBLE eye appeal.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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