Old and new record gradings

I invented my record grading 25 years ago when there was little standardization and every dealer invented their own gradings. I've come to realise that my top grading "E" is being used by many dealers as quite a low grading, so I've decided to use "NM", near mint, as my top grading.

Old LP Grading	New LP grading
NEW	M
E	NM
E + light/small non-sounding mark	NM
E + couple of light non-sounding marks	NM-
E + small mark gives 10 ticks (for example)	NM-, small mark gives 10 ticks
V/E	VG++
V/E + half cm scratch sounds (for example)	VG++, half cm scratch sounds
V/G	VG+
F	F

I've continued to check records the same way as I've always done, by inspecting the record carefully, and if there are any marks I play that part of the record to check if the mark sounds.

Sleeve gradings

Old sleeve grading	New sleeve grading
E	NM
E-	NM-
V/E	VG++