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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;davidh, post: 2101617, member: 15062&quot;]This might have been discussed before but I couldn&#039;t find a thread.&nbsp; Why does the grading of coins focus mainly on the obverse?&nbsp; Probably 50% (a number I made up) of all coins have obverse and reverse grading details that differ by 5-15 (more numbers I made up) points.&nbsp; It could have an EF+ Obverse and a F Reverse, or the other way around, but will &quot;officially&quot; grade by whatever the Obverse is.&nbsp; Should there be dual grades or doesn&#039;t anyone care what the Reverse looks like?</p><p><br /></p><p>On a similar point, some coins are known to be weakly struck to the point where many details are missing and, compared to a sharply struck example of the same series, would otherwise grade VF or EF, but actually grade BU if in its mint state.&nbsp; In this case are we grading actual condition, or what we think it should or could have been?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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