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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Numbers, post: 395503, member: 11668&quot;]Choice Crisp Uncirculated is usually abbreviated ChCU.&nbsp; It&#039;s the step below Gem Crisp Uncirculated (GCU), so it&#039;s about 63 or 64 on the TPGs&#039; grading scales.</p><p><br /></p><p>Crisp Uncirculated (CU) is the low-end &quot;just plain uncirculated&quot; grade.&nbsp; Think 60 or 61 in TPG terminology.</p><p><br /></p><p>The presence or absence of the &quot;Crisp&quot; doesn&#039;t mean anything; Uncirculated notes are by definition crisp anyway.&nbsp; You can leave the &quot;Crisp&quot; out of any of the above examples without changing a thing.&nbsp; Likewise you can replace &quot;Uncirculated&quot; by &quot;New&quot; if you prefer.</p><p><br /></p><p>So the four terms Uncirculated, New, Crisp Uncirculated, and Crisp New all mean the same thing--a note that&#039;s uncirculated but not especially nice.&nbsp; If the note&#039;s nicer than that, stick &quot;Choice&quot; in front of whichever one you like best.&nbsp; Then &quot;Very Choice&quot;, &quot;Gem&quot;, and &quot;Superb Gem&quot; are the next few steps of even-betterness.</p><p><br /></p><p>And no, &quot;even-betterness&quot; is definitely *not* a word.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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