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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cdb1950, post: 27471, member: 1735&quot;]I agree, and so do the grading services.&nbsp; Depends on the eye of the beholder.&nbsp; You can send a slabbed AU58 coin back and about 1-10% of the time, you&#039;ll get a slabbed MS coin in return.&nbsp; It can go the other way, to.&nbsp; Some services are more consistant than others, but none are 100%.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Coin grading is more an art than a science.&nbsp; The best way to ensure a coin is truly MS is to get opinions from several experienced graders/coin dealers/numismatists.&nbsp; If you get 90% or more agreeing it is MS, then that is probably the best you can hope for.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>On one end of the grading spectrum you have folks who believe that any scratch or ding makes a circulated coin, and at the other end, some folks will call a coin all beat to heck with significant &#039;stacking marks&#039; and toned ugly an MS piece as long as it doesn&#039;t have a significant rub on many of the high points.</p><p><br /></p><p>You should look for the majority opinion somewhere in between these extremes, as most of us do.&nbsp; I particularly like the ANACS approach to grading, where they will give a &#039;technical&#039; grade, then sometimes a lower &#039;net&#039; grade for detracting marks or damage.&nbsp; This seems to cover both ends of the grading debate.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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