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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 480921, member: 2972&quot;]&quot;How do you grade ? &quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I look at the coin, grade it myself (i.e. to my own standard), then apply a &quot;translation factor&quot; which translates my grade into the grading standard I&#039;m interested in.</p><p><br /></p><p>For instance, I might grade a coin AU, but I know that TPGs grade coins I call AU as MS 63, someone who grades to ANA standards would call it an XF, and the EAC might call the same coin a VF -- that&#039;s the &quot;translation factor&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>But that&#039;s just me, and YMMV.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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