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<p>[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 4144843, member: 75937"]You can't simply describe an ancient coin on a scale from poor-FDC without also describing its surfaces, centering, strike, flaws, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are two coins, nearly identical but for state of preservation. In the first, we have less wear, with good centering and a strong strike, but rough surfaces. Its patina is jet-black. Simply calling it gVF or aEF overestimates its desirability:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1071345[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And here's one with more wear, good centering but a weak strike on the upper part of the reverse. Yet it has smoother, glossy surfaces and a bottle-green patina. It has more eye-appeal, in my opinion (in hand) than the first coin, though it would sell for less money than the first example:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1071346[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Grade is only part of the story. I like Doug's grading system, for it takes into account many features that make a coin interesting/undesirable.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roman Collector, post: 4144843, member: 75937"]You can't simply describe an ancient coin on a scale from poor-FDC without also describing its surfaces, centering, strike, flaws, etc. Here are two coins, nearly identical but for state of preservation. In the first, we have less wear, with good centering and a strong strike, but rough surfaces. Its patina is jet-black. Simply calling it gVF or aEF overestimates its desirability: [ATTACH=full]1071345[/ATTACH] And here's one with more wear, good centering but a weak strike on the upper part of the reverse. Yet it has smoother, glossy surfaces and a bottle-green patina. It has more eye-appeal, in my opinion (in hand) than the first coin, though it would sell for less money than the first example: [ATTACH=full]1071346[/ATTACH] Grade is only part of the story. I like Doug's grading system, for it takes into account many features that make a coin interesting/undesirable.[/QUOTE]
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