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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1067593, member: 112&quot;]It sounds like what you are misunderstanding is that there is more to grading a coin than contact marks. </p><p><br /></p><p>When trying to grade higher grade (65 and up) coins you have to consider lots of things. First of all there is planchet quality and whether or not the coin is well centered. Then you have to judge contact marks. But contact marks also vary by their postion on the coin and the severity of each. Then you have to judge hairlines. Then luster, and lastly eye appeal.</p><p><br /></p><p>Where most people get into trouble when trying to grade is that they forget that say contact marks on one coin may be the limiting factor in the grade but on another coin luster may be the limiting factor.</p><p><br /></p><p>You see, that&#039;s the thing. Any of the criteria used can be the limiting factor in the grade, or they can be what makes the grade. You have to learn how to judge each criteria and then how to weigh it for each different coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s not as easy as it sounds. That&#039;s why you have to see, in hand, thousands and thousands of coins before you get a good handle on how to do that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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