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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 2683420, member: 27832&quot;]I&#039;ve been indoctrinated into the traditional grading system, so I don&#039;t roll my eyes at it any more, but I&#039;d have a hard time <i>justifying</i> it to a newbie.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think our whole hobby is based on false dichotomies. Is a coin circulated, or not? Is it &quot;improperly&quot; cleaned, or not? Is it artificially toned, or not?</p><p><br /></p><p>I think it&#039;s silly to count the lightest high-point &quot;rub&quot; as circulation, but the heaviest coin-to-coin scrapes and gouges as &quot;bag marks&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think it&#039;s silly to say hairlines from wiping on a 19th-century proof drop it from a PF65 to a PF64, but identical hairlines on a 1964 Kennedy make it &quot;improperly cleaned&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think it&#039;s silly to say a coin left in a sulfur-bearing album or bag <i>unintentionally</i> is &quot;naturally toned&quot;, but one <i>intentionally</i> treated with the same chemical substances, and with the same end result, is &quot;artificially toned&quot; and unacceptable.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s all silly behavior, but behavior drives the market, and the market drives behavior, so here we are.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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