So I Bought A Book

Yeah, yeah I know…. So what, right? I been unacceptably weak with my buffalo nickel skills so I decided to do something about it….. But that ain’t the purpose of the post…. I am studying the book and I see they refer to AG-3 coins as “About Good”…. I am thinking this must be a boo-boo because AG3 is correctly identified as “Almost Good”…… So I go through every listing in the book and it is the same. Pull out my Mega-Red and AG-3 is again identified as About Good….. I know I am going off on a tangent over simple semantics, but have I been wrong all these years? Inquiring minds need to know.

 

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I'm in the About Good camp. Almost only counts in hand grenades and flamethrowers.

 

You get a “Best Answer” nomination for that one. LOL

 

Our Canadian friends would say abooout

 

I wouldn't have thought the first of it.
I must have heard it both ways when talking coins. Another thing though I rarely buy that low of a grade.

 

What is the difference between "about" and "almost"?

"About " deals with time. It tells you that something will happen in the near future. such as regrading an old coin grade and making it better by some graders."Almost" does not necessarily have anything to do with time, it is what it is now, and if ugly and details, will stay that. IMOO

 

@Pickin and Grinin thank you

 

Hey, Randy I went thru a couple of different books. The Redbook on Buffalo and Jefferson Nickels uses About Good. SO does Q David Bowers grading by photograph.

 

Not sure I agree with that. To me 'about' means kind-of-semi-sort-of while 'almost' means not really but close.

 

When used as a preposition, about means; on the subject of, regarding, concerning, with reference to or with regards to etc.

 

I think in this instance it is an adjective.

 

Wait! The Canadian's are our friends?

 

Seems like AU is universally accepted as About Uncirculated, so I would think "About" would be consistent in grading terms, such as AG. However, there may be some on here who call it Almost Uncirculated, but I've never heard that term.

 

Currently altering time ( speed up or down ) is not deemed possible except in the most extreme subatomic conditions. so time travel seems to be limited to very exotic subatomic particles. A coin grade should never get better physically, only possibly worse. One can believe in "fairies", "angels" "invisible things", etc., but
physical abilities of change do not exist except to the more disassociated condition. Graded coins should only get worse over time. IMHO

 

I have been collecting for over 75 years and AG always meant About Good. About Good is used in my 1964 Whitman Guide.

 

Good, better, best, and there is no "about" it. LOL

 

New Best Answer! lol

 

Well, slow up and slow down mean the same thing.