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Poll: AG and AU.... Almost or About ?

DNADaveDNADave Posts: 7,289 ✭✭✭✭✭
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It's "About" IMHO but everyone seems to say "almost uncircualted" image


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  • SilverEagles92SilverEagles92 Posts: 6,787 ✭
    To me, "About" means "Yeah, this coin is pretty much uncirculated" or "This one looks like a Good to me"

    I prefer "Almost," meaning that the coin is not quite there for one reason or another.
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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,569 ✭✭✭✭✭
    "Almost" is the only option that makes grammatical sense.

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  • PTVETTERPTVETTER Posts: 5,995 ✭✭✭✭✭
    doesn't matter it's not good and its not uncirculated image
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  • DNADaveDNADave Posts: 7,289 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Per PCGS Grading guide:

    Adjectival Grading Systems

    Various adjectival grading systems have been proposed over the years. The adjectival grading system in widest use in the United States starts with the lowest or most worn coin, Poor, then goes in a succession of steps upward to Uncirculated. The terms are capitalized in order to avoid confusion. In order they are as follows:

    Poor

    Fair

    Good (abbreviated G)

    Very Good (VG)

    Fine (F)

    Very Fine (VF)

    Extremely Fine (EF)

    About Uncirculated (AU)

    Uncirculated (Unc.)

  • dohdoh Posts: 6,457 ✭✭✭


    << <i>"Almost" is the only option that makes grammatical sense. >>


    Huh? "About" makes perfect grammatical sense. One of the definitions of "about" is "almost." "That is coin is about good." Meaning, it's close to good, but not quite there. Hence AG.
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  • DoubleEagle59DoubleEagle59 Posts: 8,371 ✭✭✭✭✭
    AG and AU.... Almost or About ?

    I thought you were talking about Silver and Goldimage
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  • WoodenJeffersonWoodenJefferson Posts: 6,491 ✭✭✭✭
    I have used the verbage "Almost" uncirculated for 43 years now and every dealer from Podunk Center to Kalamazoo, including the major percentage of collectors, knew exactly what I was referring to...especially when it came to the number 58. It's all there, but something under magnification or rotation is holding it back from that coveted MS criteria. I do have my reserves for 55 and the lowly misunderstood 53 which is another thread in it's entirety.

    Note: AG has always been "About" good.
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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,462 ✭✭✭✭✭
    to me it means :

    Actually Uncirculated, but I don't have the orbs to say it publicly.
  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,462 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>to me it means :

    Actually Uncirculated, but I don't have the orbs to say it publicly. >>


    That's actually good , if you ask me image

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