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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Sims, post: 1865303, member: 59688&quot;]Tom is correct, rarity scale and grading scale are completely different. </p><p><br /></p><p>Bowers&#039; concept of a Universal Rarity Scale is about the quantity, not quality, of the coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>Sheldon developed a Quantitative Scale for Condition for the grading of Large cents in 1949. By 1953 the original scale was outdated. In the 1970&#039;s the ANA decided to adopt the scale for use on all coins. That is how we got the grading system in use now.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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