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<p>[QUOTE="Pocket Change, post: 429375, member: 8012"]Perhaps to clear up a bit...</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, AU and '64' do not go together. The point of the post is that there are coins with MS-65 characteristics that have wear - thus they can not be 'MS' anymore - they become AU. And as you've all pointed out, the highest is AU-58 - a drop of 7 points on the scale when the only difference is wear.</p><p><br /></p><p>The point is a coin that grades '58' on the scale could actually be a '64' if it didn't have that tiny amount of wear.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the whole idea of using AU-64 is to emphasize this point, not to start a numismatic vocabulary war like 'cent' vs. 'penny'.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pocket Change, post: 429375, member: 8012"]Perhaps to clear up a bit... Of course, AU and '64' do not go together. The point of the post is that there are coins with MS-65 characteristics that have wear - thus they can not be 'MS' anymore - they become AU. And as you've all pointed out, the highest is AU-58 - a drop of 7 points on the scale when the only difference is wear. The point is a coin that grades '58' on the scale could actually be a '64' if it didn't have that tiny amount of wear. I think the whole idea of using AU-64 is to emphasize this point, not to start a numismatic vocabulary war like 'cent' vs. 'penny'.[/QUOTE]
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