GRADE ONE
A clean strike should exists both on the obverse and reverse. No pitting
or erosion should be evident except for details missing at the
edges.
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GRADE TWO
Grade two should resemble a Grade 1 coin except for the smudging,
discoloration, cracks or erosion that obscure the detail outline
for Grade 1.
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GRADE THREE
One side should be fairly legible and the other reasonably so. The piece
should resemble a Grade 2 coin except for pitting; absence of detail
on either shield or cross; discoloration; erosion of one edge beyond
the mint, assayer or denomination spaces at the sides; or erosion of
the entire crown at top or into shield at the bottom.
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GRADE FOUR
One side should be identifiable as a coin of this period by any of the
details given in the three higher grades.
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GRADE FIVE
This specimen retains coin shape and some weight. There are
no identifiable details.
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FRAGMENT
This specimen may only be a fragment of a coin. There may be some
identifiable details.
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