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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mikem2000, post: 1825896, member: 30574&quot;]C&#039;mom Doug,&nbsp; the second picture is worse than the first.&nbsp; That over exposure can be hiding all sorts of sins,</p><p>But lets get past that that and I will conceed the point of gradeflation, but so what.</p><p><br /></p><p>Things change, they used to do kickoffs from the 40 yard line then the 35 yard line then the 30 and now back to 35 yard line.&nbsp; The important thing is not if the rules change, but if everyone understands them or not.</p><p><br /></p><p>While it is impossible to have 100% standards in coin grading since no two are alike we all need to do our part to attempt consistancy.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This is what PCGS says an MS 65 Morgan should look like.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]300506[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>It looks similar to the MS 65 that is posted and that is great.&nbsp; Certainly the two coins you represented don&#039;t even look close to this.&nbsp; In addition, if this PCGS coin image would come across JA&#039;s desk he would say &quot;Bean It&quot; solid for the the grade.&nbsp; It all good to be on the same page.&nbsp; So while you may disagree with the grade other respected &quot;coin guys&quot; do not.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Now you would probably call the coin a 63, but what good does that do anyone?&nbsp; I know what you mean, because I know &quot;your&#039; grading system, but someone who doesn&#039;t know you would have no clue what you mean, you might as well grade the coin &quot;Q&quot; by your standards.&nbsp; Without a frame of reference no one knows what that means.&nbsp; In addition you cannot say any coin is &quot;overgraded&quot; without stating what reference point you are referring to.&nbsp; It really is not a right or wrong thing on what measuring stick you are using.&nbsp; It is just what the PRESENT accepted standards are.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now as I eluded to in my previous post, this &quot;looser&quot; grading system may be superior.&nbsp; Going back to your first coin, I would guestimate that coin is better than at least&nbsp; 95% of the Morgans out there and you would like to grade it 65.&nbsp; That does not make a lot of sense to me since that would mean you would have to cram 95% of the UNC Morgans inro Grades MS60 -65&nbsp; and spread out the reamaining 5% over grades MS66 -MS 70.&nbsp; If you spread them out more evenly, it would most likley be a more accurate sytem[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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