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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2683941, member: 19463&quot;]The important thing to remember about FDC is that 99.9% of all ancient coins were not FDC one second after they were made.&nbsp; Many common types are not possible to find in FDC simply because there are so many levels of so many factors (my list on the pages JA recommended is far from complete) that no coin got perfection on every score.&nbsp; FDC means &#039;that coin no better than which <i>can be conceived</i> to exist&#039;.&nbsp; There is no such thing as &#039;FDC for this&#039; or &#039;about FDC&#039;.&nbsp; FDC means FDC and that is it.&nbsp;&nbsp; The 5/5 scales strike me as giant jokes but still better than nothing.&nbsp; I would have preferred they made the scale 10/10 but there are at least a hundred levels of perfection or lack thereof on strike and surface so it is obvious that some MS 5/5, 5/5 will be better than others.&nbsp; The longer one collects ancient coins the more likely one is to stop worrying about grading and just fall back on &#039;good enough for me&#039; or &#039;I pass&#039;.&nbsp; In the end, these are the only grades that matter.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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