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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2682827, member: 24314&quot;]mikenoodle, posted: &quot;<b><i><u><span style="color: #ff0000">Quit trying to bring value into a grading equation. That&#039;s the <span style="color: #006600">variable </span>that is completely screwing up the whole deal.&quot;</span></u></i></b> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Amen!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> The folks in my grading class figured this out in the 1970&#039;s when our assignment was to design the perfect grading system! </p><p><br /></p><p>Now, for those of you who are thick-headed, stuck in your ways, never had an original thought or buy the &quot;commercial Kool-Aid&quot;... the operative word here is: <b><i><u><span style="color: #ff0000">&quot;Variable.&quot;</span></u></i></b></p><p><br /></p><p>And this folks is why grading has become so complicated and run by the boys with connections and deep pockets.&nbsp; They don&#039;t want a simple grading system.&nbsp; Let&#039;s introduce as many variables as we can to describe a coin&#039;s condition, than add the need to know how rare it is, the conditions it was struck under, and finally the biggest screw the pooch of all - <b><i><u><span style="color: #b300b3">its value for the specific date and mint!</span></u></i></b>&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s why two coins of the same type in the exact same condition of preservation or amount of mirror reflectivity will be graded differently because one of the identical coins (with a different date and mint) is scarcer in that condition and worth more money than the other.</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s why the owner of a large west coast firm was quoted as saying something like: &quot;Any coin worth sending in for grading is worth sending more than once.&quot;&nbsp; That&#039;s why coins that were formerly graded AU decades ago are now graded MS (because the experts at the TPGS claim their grading has evolved as they became more knowledgeable about how to grade).&nbsp; PHOOEY!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie90" alt=":spitoutdummy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Way to go Mike!&nbsp; Unfortunately, the damage to a perfectly simple grading system was done long ago and can never be fixed.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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