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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;physics-fan3.14, post: 3257170, member: 19165&quot;]Pick your favorite standard, and try to stick to it as closely as you can. Every group has their own standard, whether they publish that or not. And every standard is different. It really is anarchy, although there is usually pretty good agreement between the standards. For example, the ANA has a published standard guide for grading coins, and PCGS has published their official grading guide. The ANA one is probably the most official.</p><p><br /></p><p>You have to realize, though, your interpretation and my interpretation could be different. This goes back to the discussion we were having about hairlines - the standard says &quot;a few scattered hairlines&quot;, but what that means to you may be different from what that means to me. This is why grading is so difficult, and this is why there is no concrete, hard and fast answer to your question. You want a definitive answer, but there isn&#039;t one.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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