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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;1337BaldEagle, post: 1052856, member: 27876&quot;]Can anyone tell me the difference? Or are they all lumped into the same category.&nbsp; I was talking to a coin dealer and he was ranting and raving about how grading companies, even PCGS, are inconsistent.&nbsp; To prove his point he showed me a slabbed MS63 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle by PCGS.&nbsp; He described scratches on her leg area (they were really deep) as wear.&nbsp; And as it having wear it is not in the MS category.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please correct me if I&#039;m wrong.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Wear: caused by circulation and lessens the thickness of a coins highest spots. keeps it from grading MS.</p><p><br /></p><p>rub: not as intense as wear?<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />... could be used in talking about proofs when part of the frosty part on a coins cameo is damaged.&nbsp; Doesn&#039;t necessarily make it fail at MS.</p><p><br /></p><p>Scratches: gouges in a coin, doesn&#039;t effect the coins thickness like wear?...<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> May or may not disqualify a coin form being graded MS?<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m inexperienced and I&#039;m getting mixed messages <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>...Help![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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