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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 2185310, member: 26302&quot;]Yes, I understand sir. So any adjustment for visual appeal versus technical grade is market grading. However, I simply believe rare coins, especially famous dates, get a special &quot;rare coin grade bump&quot; in addition to any market grading that may or may not happen. So a 1799 cent might be market graded to VG8 when technically it was a G06, and get a rare grade bump to VG10 due to it being a rare grade.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It helps explain a lot of dumb grades I see. This coin, with that reverse, simply is not an XF40 by any ANA grading standards I have ever seen, nor in relation to other slabbed early silver. Its a VF, 35 at best. The condition would not lend itself to be market graded for superior eye appeal. So, the only rational explanation is a rare date grade bump since it is a rare US coin. By many other coins series its not rare at all, but for US silver dollars its rare.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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