Degree of conservation
Degree of preservation (or state of preservation ) in archeology and numismatics as well as other specialist fields is the actual quality of used objects .
General
In order to classify the condition of things , a scale can be used that differentiates between “as good as new” and “considerable signs of use” or similar evaluative adjectives (see sales condition ). However, there are no internationally standardized scales with which a classification is possible. The "Sheldon scale" named after William Sheldon has not caught on internationally in numismatics either.
Archeology / construction
In archeology, a distinction is made between wear and tear (A) and corrosion (K), to which scales from 1 (not to hardly worn or corroded) to 5 (very heavily to completely worn or corroded) are added. The degrees of preservation of ceramics take into account the outer and inner decorative surfaces and differ according to “completely preserved”, “> 50% preserved”, “<50% preserved” and “not preserved”. Buildings vary from “well preserved”, war damage to in need of renovation . In the case of residential buildings , their degree of preservation is an important criterion for the quality of living and rent .
numismatics
The degree of retention is in collector coins , the state of recirculated or for the circulation certain coin , which provides information on the degree of wear. There are essentially seven levels of value for coins, each of which can also be provided with a minus or plus sign to show the subtleties: Polished plate (PP), mirror finish (Sp), stamped finish (St.), "excellent" (v ), "Very nice" (ss) and "nice" (s). "PP" is actually not a degree of preservation, but an embossing process , but is used as the best degree of preservation. With the mirror finish, only the stamps are polished, with the stamp finish the blanks and stamps are not polished.
The collector's value of a collector's coin depends primarily on its degree of preservation.
Others
The degree of preservation plays a major role, especially for other collector's items , as it affects the covetedness and collector's value of the item . Inconsistent scales for the degree of preservation exist, among other things, for the degree of preservation of banknotes , books , records or telephone cards . In the case of unstamped postage stamps , their value depends heavily on the degree of preservation.
In the case of repairable or restorable collectibles such as books, dolls or technical devices, the degree of preservation can be improved again, although collectors prefer a good original condition over a repaired condition. In the case of objects such as coins or banknotes, the degree of conservation is defined in such a way that it cannot be artificially increased. Interventions here are at best value-preserving, but if they are improperly carried out, they reduce the value.
In the case of oldtimers , the state of preservation is even a legal term , because according to § 2 No. 22 FZV it is vehicles that were first put on the market at least 30 years ago, largely correspond to the original condition, are in a good state of preservation and for the maintenance of the motor vehicle cultural property serve. The criterion of good state of preservation therefore even decides whether a vehicle is a classic car or not.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Josef Gisler / Markus Stromer, Archeology in the Canton of Zurich , Volume 17, 2001, p. 265
- ↑ Birgit Keding, Djabarona 84 , 13 , 1997, p. 37
- ↑ Hartmut Sieper, Handbuch Vermögensanlage , 1992, p. 579
- ^ Günter Schorn, Faszination Briefmarken, 2010, p. 11 f.
