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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2351860, member: 24314&quot;](</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=76863]@baseball21[/USER] is correct.&nbsp; No split grades anymore <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> That was a part of the &quot;old&quot; technical grading system use for internal records at the ANA&#039;s Certification Service while it was in DC.&nbsp; That system along with split grades was used at the first TPGS (INSAB).&nbsp; When ANACS moved to CO, they kept the split grade part of technical grading but added confusion by combining a coin&#039;s surface condition with the amount of wear (a bastardization of tech grading).</p><p><br /></p><p>IMO, split grades were a great idea because it made it clearer to determine what the coin looked like if you could not see it!&nbsp; With commercial grading of today it is much harder to visualize a coin.&nbsp; For example:&nbsp; A Morgan $ grading MS-63 may have some serious marks on the cheek and a PERFECT MS-70 reverse.&nbsp;&nbsp; A coin graded MS-65, may have a semi-PL obvers while its rev could be Ultra Deep Mirror PL; yet the coin will not get a PL.</p><p><br /></p><p>With commercial grading the obverse is most important.&nbsp; The reverse cannot raise a grade; yet in some cases it will lower it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Other posters can add to this...</p><p><br /></p><p>Ps Many older type coins have huge splits du to strike weakness.&nbsp; It is not uncommon to see a G-4/F-2!</p><p><br /></p><p>PSS&nbsp; Want more confusion...it all comes down to the coin&#039;s eye appeal as judged by professional graders <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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