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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Sims, post: 1882013, member: 59688&quot;]The Rules</p><p><br /></p><p>2 – Personal attacks are not permitted. All Coin Talk members, young, old and in between, will treat all other members with respect and be civil at all times. You are expected to act as responsible individuals, there will be no name calling or flame wars.</p><p><br /></p><p>So it is okay for staff members to behave like this out in the open forum? I know people will disagree on grading and the grading services I myself don&#039;t always agree with them. but I didn&#039;t expect to see such a dissertation like what has just been posted between two staff members.</p><p><br /></p><p>From what I have seen in the 40+ years I have been a coin collector is that there has been a shift away from the Official American Numismatic Association Grading Standards to a market standard which I feel is destroying any confidence in any of the grading services and CAC. It is I believe it is driven for very a obvious reason, money. ALL coins of a particular series SHOULD be graded using the same standard and the only exception would be for any year/mint that has proven to be known for exceptionally weak strikes. In those cases only the lack of detail fresh out of the coining press must be taken into consideration.</p><p><br /></p><p>The New Orleans Mint Morgan dollars are known for lack of detail on the eagle&#039;s chest for many years so if one has a chest with exceptional detail and has the same technical grade of one that does not otherwise I can see a premium for that but the grade should not be higher for the better struck coin solely for that reason.</p><p><br /></p><p>My two cents worth and if you don&#039;t agree with my opinion that is your right just don&#039;t bash me for having my opinion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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