JACKET GRADING
5    -  A jacket showing little or no wear, with no marks on front or back.
Seams, spine, corners are not worn to any degree.

4.5  =  A jacket showing very little sign of usage - half step below perfect.

4  -  A jacket that shows only light wear - assume good corners, edges and spine,  and reasonably fine appearance.

3.5/4  =  A jacket that shows reasonable respect in handling…light shelf wear can be expected, and a light amount of aging would be present,  but no damage to the structure of the jacket.

3/3.5  =  Jackets may have seam split repairs, or small seam splits, corner and edge wear can be more obvious. Some LPs in this category have pretty good looking jackets, just edge & seam wear.