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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Al Kowsky, post: 4701516, member: 97383&quot;]svessien, I agree with you, the coin looks like a solid V.F. on today&#039;s grading standards <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. Without doubt, ancient coins have gone thru a form of &quot;grade-flation&quot; similar to U.S. coins. As Donna points out, the chip on the reverse would probably have knocked the coin down a grade using the &quot;old standards&quot;, &amp; Naumann is still using the &quot;old standards&quot;. I bought the coin pictured below from Harlan Berk many years ago as a V.F., &amp; after getting slabbed it came back XF.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1154728[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1154729[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Some grades like MS (mint state) can&#039;t be argued about regardless of when they were labeled, like the coin pictured below.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1154730[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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