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Enamel Pin Grading

I categorize my pins into two quality grades: Standard, and B Grade (also known as seconds). All my pins are carefully inspected and graded before I mail them out. However, enamel pins are handmade items, so no pin is 100% perfect.


Standard Grade
As perfect as possible! But, these are handmade items, and they may still contain minor imperfections.

Examples of imperfections:

  • Small light scratches, scuffs on the enamel or metal
  • Slight underfill or uneven areas
  • Minor discolorations or unevenness in the metal


B Grade/Seconds

Seconds-grade pins have imperfections

  • Scratches or marks across large areas of the pin
  • Minor marks/flaw in enamel, more noticeable then standard grades.
  • Flawed pins with missing or chipped enamel
  • Noticeable bubbles in enamel
  • Multiple small scratches