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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1786171, member: 112&quot;]If a coin has a big scratch on 1 side, is the whole coin damaged ? If a only 1 side of a coin has been harshly cleaned, is the whole coin damaged ? If a coin only has wear on 1 side, is the coin still MS ? If a coin only has AT on 1 side, is the whole coin still considered AT ? If a coin has a test cut or a nasty rim ding on 1 side, is the whole coin damaged ? The list goes on.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>A coin is made up of 3 sides - obverse, reverse, and edge. And those 3 sides comprise a whole, and you can&#039;t take 1 or 2 of the 3 sides away from the others. The coin is one single thing, so if any part of it has a problem, then the coin is a problem coin no matter what.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The same thing applies to grading, as it must because the coin is just 1 single thing, not 2 or 3 separate things. And since it is 1 single thing it can only have 1 single grade. And because of that the maximum grade can only be based on the worst side.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Now if you wish to describe a coin verbally and describe it accurately, then yes you may describe it as VF/F or VF/XF or 63/65. But that is its description, not its grade, for there can only be 1 grade.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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