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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ksparrow, post: 2095186, member: 7638&quot;]I pulled out my PCGS grading guide. WRT the regular relief Saints, the guide states: &quot;For AU-55/58 coins...friction is noted on the breast and leg of Miss Liberty.&nbsp; (on the eagle)&quot;The wear is noted in... the breast and lower body and upper wing feathers of the eagle. When the coins are worn to AU-50/53, the fields now have obvious wear.&quot;&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Mint State Examples:&nbsp; &quot;There is almost always &#039;frost&#039; disruption on the breast and knee, with only the modern counterfeits showing complete frost in these areas.&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; The text also mentions that small patches of hairlines, caused by rubber wheels in counting machines used in bank to bank transfers, are common.&nbsp; Apparently these are allowed on MS coins.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>So it seems clear that PCGS makes a distinction between high point frost breaks and actual wear (from handling), and this is explicitly state in their own grading guide.&nbsp; I have no problem with that as long as that standard is adhered to.&nbsp; Mistakes will be made from time to time however (ie the MS 63 coin I linked earlier).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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