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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;physics-fan3.14, post: 2228082, member: 19165&quot;]On a modern coin, once there is wear, the other factors become significantly less important. The 61 was probably graded lower because of marks, hairlines, poor luster, and things like that. Once the surfaces receive wear, the luster is removed. You expect a circulated coin to have contact marks - so those are unimportant to the grade. They may affect value if there are a lot of them, or they are unattractive. The coin is predominantly graded on the amount of wear it has received. </p><p><br /></p><p>We don&#039;t use 44 or 46 or any of the intermediate circulated grades out of tradition, mostly. There isn&#039;t really any reason why not.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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