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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3129932, member: 19463&quot;]There are other matters relating to coin condition that I consider important beyond absolute grade.&nbsp; One is eye appeal.&nbsp; Some coins have no wear and are still ugly due to some other factor.&nbsp; Centering and completeness of design come to mind but there are others.&nbsp; Another is style.&nbsp; Some dies of the same coin are simply better than others when it comes to artistic execution.&nbsp; Some were engraved by the shop master; some by the guy who should have found employment elsewhere.&nbsp; Do you care?&nbsp; Some of us do more than others. Another is whether the coin, however beautiful it may be, shows the significant parts of the detail that make that coin a representative of its type.&nbsp; This might be a coin missing a single letter of its legend that makes it impossible to tell from another variety.&nbsp; I prefer a legionary denarius of Mark Antony that is worn to fine but has a clear strike of the legion number to a mint state coin just enough off center or on a small flan so you can not tell if it is a Legion XIV or XIX.&nbsp; In this, I would be in the minority.&nbsp; Such factors are why we all have different paths as we wander through our hobby.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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