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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 4366395, member: 73489&quot;]Randy, it&#039;s been discussed in other threads that many times with certain coins (Saints, MSDs) the AU58&#039;s look &quot;better&quot; than the low-60&#039;s MS.&nbsp; I guess this also involves technical vs. market grading....but if a coin has minimal wear (and I wonder if it is actual circulation wear or just heavy bag/handling wear) it can look much better than an UNC MS coin that takes a beating being moved around across the Atlantic Ocean in those $5,000 DE bags.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #0000ff">I see the same thing with currency:&nbsp; </span></b>alot of the PMG58 bills look much better than some PMG 64&#039;s and below, mostly because of badly-centered margins.&nbsp; The 58 paper does have flaws -- might even have creases/folds -- but if they are TOUGH TO SEE the graders knock it down but you the owner can&#039;t see it (I know many times I can&#039;t <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />).</p><p><br /></p><p>I posted a PMG40 Gold Certificate months ago and while it&#039;s tough to judge bills from pictures on the internet (probably tougher than coins), I had some veterans looking at it saying it graded high-50&#039;s and even up to PMG65.&nbsp; That&#039;s how good-looking the bill was and without being able to see it in-hand and then see the flaws (assuming they would be able to), it was the reason I bought it in the first place as opposed to a bill 20 point higher that you can see clearly has terrible margins (usually the #1 problem on bills).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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