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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;fizzy, post: 1347225, member: 32632&quot;]thanks for the consideration but they appear beneath the heading </p><p>[h=3]PCGS Grading Standards[/h]at <a href="http://www.pcgs.com/grades.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/grades.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.pcgs.com/grades.html</a> so i do understand they are generalized examples, pcgs itself lists it as their standards which i don&#039;t think i&#039;m mistaken to understand as criteria, conditions, thresholds.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>owie&#039;s comments led me to check out some ANA &quot;standards&quot; which seem more exacting and higher ... </p><p>The numerical grades, along with their prevailing adjectival grades and descriptions, are as follows:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>MS-63</b> (choice uncirculated): choice quality specimens with minimal weaknesses or blemish readily evident.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>MS-64:</b> choice quality specimens with eye appeal and only the smallest distracting weakness, blemish or bag marks.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>MS-65 </b>(gem uncirculated): sharply struck, hairline-free coins with full luster and no distracting blemishes.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>MS-67:</b> described as “gem” according to official ANA criteria, it is not presently associated with an adjectival equivalent. There is also not a consensus description that is associated with this grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>copied from <a href="http://www.numismaster.com/ta/numis/Article.jsp?ad=article&amp;ArticleId=21570" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.numismaster.com/ta/numis/Article.jsp?ad=article&amp;ArticleId=21570" rel="nofollow">http://www.numismaster.com/ta/numis/Article.jsp?ad=article&amp;ArticleId=21570</a></p><p><br /></p><p>owie pointed to some sites to check side-by-side comparisons, i&#039;ll do that within a week, thanks![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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