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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Doug21, post: 1162250, member: 5650&quot;]It&#039;s actually an AG-3 because the rims are worn into the lettering on the reverse, but that is now considered Good on a key date, it might even market grade at Good-6. It&#039;s sort of like a VF buffalo nickel, standards change on the horn needed over time....</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; These grading companies have a finite number of coins worth slabbing, thus a need to keep the same coins coming back for a new holder, maybe a * or a Plus or a prong, hologram or some other BS. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Slabs are not really airtight&nbsp; ( and they used to rattle). I expect they will come out with something like airtight slabs filled with an inert gas like nitrogen, then in a few years it will become sealed in a vacuum, then a few years later an RFID chip will added to the 23rd generation holders, then maybe waterproof slabs good to 100 meters in case your house gets hit by a tsunami in Colorado.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;There are only so many AG-VG 1916-d dimes to grade ( really authenticate more than grade). </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Way too many coins have probably been submitted 10+ times already. I&#039;m old, I remember the days when you got a photograph with the coin ( Anacs, I think) back in the 80&#039;s.&nbsp; You couldn&#039;t really switch the coin, but it could be damaged since it wasn&#039;t sealed in a case....I&#039;m trying to recall Carson as Carmac the Magnificent.....hermetically sealed envelope on some granny&#039;s porch since noon yesterday, yada, yada yada, as he held the envelope to his forehead.</p><p><br /></p><p>You don&#039;t regrade a slider Good 1916-D dime ten times, just authenticate it once, and it&#039;s done.</p><p><br /></p><p>These grading services are kind of pond scum.</p><p><br /></p><p>No need to grade stuff like ASE&#039;s , either. Well once all the old coins are graded, then what&#039;s left ?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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