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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;geekpryde, post: 2089409, member: 36248&quot;]<b>Hmmm, have you actually READ the ANA grading standards book(s)?</b>&nbsp;&nbsp; I have, very recently and several times.&nbsp;&nbsp; You might think the PCGS written standards are loose, or the actual standards used at PCGS and NGC are loose, but I don&#039;t think it&#039;s very fair or accurate to say the <u>ANA standards</u> are &quot;loose, arbitrary, and ill-defined&quot;.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;ve got the 7th edition in front of me now, and the grade levels are pretty well defined for each series.&nbsp;&nbsp; Yes, they consolidate some of the intermediate grades across all series, and list them in the front of the book.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>But, if you&#039;ve got a VF30 standard well defined for a particular series, and an XF40 standard well defined, and your coin exceeds the 30 and does not meet the 40, and the generic 35 description is a match, than yeah, your coin is a 35.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.whitman.com/store/Inventory/Detail/Official-ANA-Grading-Standards-for-United-States-Coins---7th-Edition" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.whitman.com/store/Inventory/Detail/Official-ANA-Grading-Standards-for-United-States-Coins---7th-Edition" rel="nofollow">I would recommend you buy a copy of the 7th edition.&nbsp;&nbsp; </a></p><p><br /></p><p>No, I&#039;m not being snarky or snooty.&nbsp; I just bought the book recently myself.&nbsp; I thought the same things you did.&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>And then I read the book.</u>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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