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Message:: [QUOTE="GoldFinger1969, post: 5130271, member: 73489"]Hey, it's a quirk or flaw or whatever you want to call it of our business/hobby.  If this is the worst thing we have to worry about, it's nothing. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> If it gets more pronounced on some coins (Saints, Morgans) then you will have a situation where the AU-58's are at a clear and noticeable PREMIUM to MS60-62's.  We're not there yet. It's much likely to happen on currency (if it hasn't already) because there the off-margins very common on 60-62 paper (even 63) really detracts from the bill. Meanwhile, currency that is 55 or 58 has a near-invisible or invisible fold or crease that you simply can't see.  If you can't afford to go up to 64 or 65 or higher....the choice is clear. I think I even have a $10 Gold Certificate (PMG 40) that I posted here where folks though it was graded up to 15-25 higher. Granted, it's tougher to judge currency from pictures than coins (and much tougher than currency in-hand), but again, if "eye appeal" is important then this explains the currency phenomenon at even lower grades than the coins and AU-58.[/QUOTE]