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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Breakdown, post: 988069, member: 19532&quot;]Doug,</p><p><br /></p><p>I understand my first two questions were not directly applicable to whether the coin in the OT should be in a Genuine holder or not holdered at all but I think there is a common theme: the ideal of a single, consistent grading standard that should be applied to coins, regardless of age, rarity, pedigree, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>I appreciate your answers and even agree with you on the first two points.:yes:&nbsp; Early Walkers were not struck like those from the 30s and 40s and so an adjusted scale is appropriate.&nbsp; I also think the loosening of standards for key date coins only leads to confusion in the marketplace and arbitrary price differentials between coins that may be graded a point apart (say a 26-S Buffalo in 64 versus 65) that is unjustified.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, I see a possible inconsistency in your answer to the first two questions.&nbsp; You say that a different standard is justified for early Walkers but not for key dates.&nbsp; However, many key dates in Buffalos, for instance, are condition rarities because of strike deficiencies.&nbsp; The 19-D or 20-D are great examples&nbsp; -- even most MS65 PCGS examples are weak strikes (think of a nice smooth buffalo head north and west of the horn) and they were weak strikes the day they left the mint.&nbsp; As Bowers put it, the press attendants at the Denver mint became &quot;increasingly inattentive&quot; during this period.&nbsp; So is a looser standard justified for those coins because they were consistently softly struck?<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Still learning!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Jeff[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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