Grading
A Grade/ Standards:
These enamel pins are handmade items and therefore, can vary from unit to unit. My A grades or standards are usually graded on their front surface and on the curve. Standards pins are near perfect pins with minor imperfections.
- Small, but noticeable, air bubbles
- Small, but noticeable, enamel under fill
- Some light imperfections in the metal plating
- Surface scuffing or light scratches on the enamel or metal
- Multiple areas of noticeable dust on hard enamel
B Grade/ Seconds:
Seconds pins have more noticeable flaws. Where some are more minor or major than others. My A grades or standards are usually graded on their front surface and on the curve.
- Noticeable or multiple areas of under filled enamel
- Moderately scuffed enamel or metal
- Multiple points of imperfections on the metal plating
- Multiple air bubbles in the enamel
- Missing metal lines
- Missing enamel on a small portion of the pin
- One unfilled area of enamel
- Enamel staining on sides or back of pin
- Overfilled enamel that floods some metal lines
- Noticeable amounts of dust on hard enamel
- Small gouges or marks on enamel
- Large areas of imperfection of the metal on the sides of the pin