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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;susanlynn9, post: 33414, member: 1258&quot;]I am looking through my copy of PCGS Official Guide To Grading And Counterfeit Detection and, following these guidelines, the coins in the auctions look to be graded accurately. I still don&#039;t agree with the grades, but at least I can see where they came from. Here is a quick summary:</p><p><br /></p><p>VG8/10 - coins will have only slight hair detail with face and neck very worn. Rims may touch the tops of hte lettering. Only about half of the wing feathers will still have detail and the detail will be incomplete.</p><p><br /></p><p>F12/15 - hair detail will show only in deeply recessed areas. The top part of hte head will be worn nearly smooth, as will the face and neck. Only the inner wing feathers will still show detail, as the breast, leg, and outer wing feathers are worn smooth.</p><p><br /></p><p>VF20/35 - slight hair detail but some areas will be very flat. The face and neck show wear across their entire surfaces. The reverse will have flat breast and leg feathers, with some of the inner wing feathers now slightly incomplete, and the outer feathers showing little detail.</p><p><br /></p><p>EF40/45 - flatness will show on nearly all of the hair curls with the curls around the ear being noticeably flat. The face and neck will exhibit wear, as will the field. Cupro-nickel alloy Washington quarters have much more detail than the silver alloy quarters. The breast and leg feathers are now flat, with slight flatness on the outer edges of hte wing feathers and slight wear on the inner feathers.</p><p><br /></p><p>AU50/53 - coins have more noticeable friction in the hair at the top of the head, the cheek, the hair around the ear, and the neck. More wear will be noted on the breast, legs, and outer edges of the wings than the field. </p><p><br /></p><p>AU55/58 - wear is seen on the hair at the top of the head, the cheek, the hair around the ear, and the neck. Reverse wear is easily seen on the breast first with slight friction noted for hte legs and edges of the wings.</p><p><br /></p><p>I apologize for any typos. I was just going to give a summary, but actually most of it is verbatim.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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