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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2372964, member: 112&quot;]Or maybe they (the TPGs) just over-grade almost everything anymore.</p><p><br /></p><p>Think about it, what&#039;s the definition of an almost uncirculated coin ? The very name itself kind of says it all doesn&#039;t it ? If you look up the definition of AU58 it says only light wear on the highest points. And if you only have light wear on only the highest points then the coin must have 95-98% of its luster left because the high points of the coin are very, very, small. So to be a 55, it can have a little more wear than that. 53, a bit more wear, and 50 a bit more wear than that. By the time you get to 50 a coin should have about half, maybe a little less, of its luster left.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now 40 and 45 are the middle grades, just above the center between PO1 and 70. So a 45, while it&#039;s not always required to have remaining luster, often will have some in the protected areas. A 40, and any lower of course, usually has none left.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now looking at those 2 coins, is there any way that you could say they deserve a 55 grade ? There sure isn&#039;t to me, even the better of the two has wear over all of the devices and about 70% of the fields. Does that even remotely sound like 1 step down from light wear on only the highest points - which is what a 58 is ?</p><p><br /></p><p>So no, I don&#039;t grade coins the same way the TPGs do.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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