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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Barry Murphy, post: 3553594, member: 79368&quot;]Ken,&nbsp; The Dupondius you illustrated was <u>net graded</u> to CVF, it wasn&#039;t a full grade service with strike and surface. My guess is you were comparing this to a full graded AU in which case there may not be much difference.</p><p><br /></p><p>On Net grade labels, surface, strike, patina etc... are taken into consideration and the grade is reduced to account for these problems. The above coin would have graded CEF 5/2 smoothing had it been full graded, thus not a lot of difference from a full grade AU.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can&#039;t really compare full grade labels with strike and surface to net grade labels. With full grade labels the grade just represents wear, and other issues are accounted for in the strike and surface grade. With Net Grade labels, we consider strike and surface when we look at the coin, but deduct from the grade to account for striking issues and or surface issues. A really porous mint state coin might get net graded VF, whereas full grade it might have been MS 5/1.</p><p><br /></p><p>Barry Murphy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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