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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Owle, post: 1346997, member: 22004&quot;]One way to analyze grading standards is check out the auction sites with high resolution photography, like Heritage, Teletrade and Great Collections.&nbsp; There you can do side by side analysis of various coins and see whether you agree, with all types of coins and grading services.&nbsp; As long as the coin passes the initial muster of separating problem coins from potential grading, it may get a better grade than it deserves for many reasons.&nbsp; Sometimes that decision is a hairline difference.&nbsp; In my experience PCGS AU58s are true 58s, high end.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>MS63 coins should look MS65, gem, at first glance, then be seen as undeserving of more than 63 upon closer inspection.&nbsp; I have seen Mike Fuljiens in his literature call MS64 &quot;gem&quot;, which I thought was reserved for MS65 and above.&nbsp; Is this false?</p><p><br /></p><p>I would say look at the official ANA grading standards and see if there is any difference to PCGS&#039; standards.&nbsp; Both NGC and PCGS have &quot;grading sets&quot;, ie groups of coins that exemplify all the significant grades, with actual Morgan Dollars.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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