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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cplradar, post: 6600279, member: 108985&quot;]That is not what the statement says, but it the result of the standard, in that AU58s can be more prestine than MS65s.&nbsp; I have actually seen that often.&nbsp; The standard doesn&#039;t say anything about blundering nitwits.&nbsp; It speaks about grading coins through an articulated standard that uses objective and measurable end points.&nbsp; The ANA is not an external force applying its standards on others.&nbsp; It is the representive of American <font size="4">numismatics and has no existence outside that roll.&nbsp; It&#039;s members are people like those on this forum, and it drws its expertise from such coin collectors.&nbsp; The standard is repeated to me from dealers all the time when evaluating coins.&nbsp; It is a concensus.&nbsp; If you don&#039;t agree with it, that is fine and your right as a free man, but it doesn&#039;t mean that grading is best done without reference to the standard, and without regard to consensus.&nbsp; Grading without a measurable and articulated standard is a fool errand, IMO.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">FWIW - this is the ANA&#039;s guild for morgans</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><a href="https://www.money.org/morgan-dollar-coin-grading" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.money.org/morgan-dollar-coin-grading" rel="nofollow">https://www.money.org/morgan-dollar-coin-grading</a></font></p><p><font size="4"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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