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<p>[QUOTE="bqcoins, post: 872580, member: 5036"]It would be nice to say it was an official standard, but as we all know from experience one persons XF is anothers VF or AU. The grading standard has never and probably will never be perfected but it is the best we have and the sheldon scale gives the most accurate descriptions of the state of preservation even if some dealers still use their own grading standards on their coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bqcoins, post: 872580, member: 5036"]It would be nice to say it was an official standard, but as we all know from experience one persons XF is anothers VF or AU. The grading standard has never and probably will never be perfected but it is the best we have and the sheldon scale gives the most accurate descriptions of the state of preservation even if some dealers still use their own grading standards on their coins.[/QUOTE]
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