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Message:: [QUOTE="eddiespin, post: 2726677, member: 4920"]Yours would all range from EF to MS. EF for "Extra Fine," MS for "Mint State." It's called "grading," not "rating." Look on the Internet for a beginner's guide on grading. You don't grade every coin by the same set of criteria. There are two sets of grading criteria--one set for "circulated" coins, and the other for "uncirculated" coins. I use those terms in quotes because they really just refer to the condition or the state of preservation of the coin as compared to how it looked when it was minted, i.e., brand-spanking new. For "circulated" coins (grades P to AU), the grade denotes the amount of wear. On "uncirculated" coins (there are ten MS grades), those are all coins with no wear. As such, the grades are differentiated on criteria other than wear. Those coins are ejected into metal trays then dumped into bags after they hop off the coin press. They bang up against each other and get marked up, and that's one of the criteria in grading them. The other big criteria is luster, and how much of it is still preserved on the coin. I'm on my way to a novel if I keep going. Buy a Red Book. That's where many of us started. Get the 2018 edition, and tear into it. You won't be sorry. Hope this helps some.[/QUOTE]