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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2260851, member: 42773&quot;]I find myself disagreeing with NGC&#039;s overgrading of ancients so often, that&#039;s it&#039;s a surprise to come across a coin I feel is undergraded. That&#039;s a VF coin in my book all day long. The detail is far too strong for an F, even a Choice F. Great example of the type.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as the particulars of the attribution, well...many collectors just want a representative type coin, especially when it comes to Alex drachms, and are less interested in specific dates and/or mints.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve developed my own grading system, which consists of five tiers: Nope, Good, Fine, Very Fine, and Mighty Fine. The only reason a coin gets Nope is if it&#039;s diseased beyond conservation or altered. After that you have Good, simply because no collectible coin is bad. There are pretty clear distinctions between coins in F and VF, but going higher than that becomes quite subjective, and a coin can be Mighty Fine for any number of reasons that have to do with numismatic interest and eye-appeal. I hope that&#039;s helpful, and if it isn&#039;t, feel free to make up your own grading system - we&#039;ll probably like it better than NGC&#039;s. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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