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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 5182306, member: 24314&quot;]Lehigh96, posted: &quot;<span style="color: #660033">I have always contended that coins don’t have a correct grade, they have a correct grade range, and often times that grade range can span a half point.&quot;</span></p><p><br /></p><p>I disagree.&nbsp; I have always contended that coins have a <b>correct, strict, and easily determined technical grade</b> as far as their condition of preservation from the time they left the dies.&nbsp; The only reason they do not is due to all the variables introduced by commercial grading. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I probably should say <b>Usually Easy</b> for some coin types.&nbsp; I&#039;m grading a large number of circulated Barber half dollars from all the mints ranging in grade from VG-10 to VF-25.&nbsp; It is no fun.&nbsp; Take a look at the PCGS Photograde Online images.&nbsp; Then add branch mint strike to the equation.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I saw a worn die I&#039;ve never seen before.&nbsp; What I would not give to have one of these 1907-O coins in MS! </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1212808[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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