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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2383949, member: 24314&quot;]I just grade them as I would a US coin.&nbsp; The European collectors grade a little differently than we do but over the years the difference has narrowed A LOT. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The major problem most of us have trying to grade world coins...we don&#039;t know what the fully struck BU design should look like.&nbsp; On an original coin, we can look for the amount of mint luster remaining or the amount of luster loss on the high points just as we commonly do for US coins.&nbsp; Start trying to grade Polish coins (for an example) and it becomes more difficult.&nbsp; NOW, if we were all living in Poland and collected our country&#039;s coins all our lives we could be discussing how to grade US coins. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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