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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 8612369, member: 24314&quot;]Any &quot;new&quot; grading service has the chance to simplify grading = if a coin is not MS don&#039;t put it into a Mint State slab.&nbsp; Grade the coin for its condition of preservation only!&nbsp; <b>Its rarity, owner, history, desirability, and especially its value at the time it is graded do not belong in a grading room.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately, it seems this is not going to happen anytime because that horse left the barn in the 1980&#039;s with &quot;no trace of wear&quot; in the saddle.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Decades of AU&#039;s in MS slabs at every TPGS are all over the place.&nbsp; Practically everyone in the business couldn&#039;t/didn&#039;t accept the fact that in some series of coins, finding one in original MS would be like catching a glimpse of Big Foot.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hommer, posted: &quot;There is a lot of talk about computer grading. When no 2 people can agree what &quot;Mint State&quot; actually is, who programs to software? [<span style="color: #b30000">EXACTLY</span>] Mint State, as the name applies, is the state or condition in which it leaves the mint, so, all would be a 70 when it leaves the door, but we all know they aren&#039;t. [<span style="color: #b30000">Exactly, however, MS coins get banged around at the mint so an MS grade for a business strike EVER is a myth</span>] Who gets to decide what is and isn&#039;t for all the rest of the world to follow? Who gets the monopoly?&nbsp; I&#039;ve said this before.&nbsp; Any knowledgeable numismatist - I&#039;ll pick JA since this thread is about his next creation - who is pinned down, off the record (No Net Graders) and one-on-one with their equal under the best viewing conditions will probably pick a grade that cannot be disputed<span style="color: #b30000"> <b>UNTIL</b> they must account for strike, value, rarity, and eye appeal. </span></p><p><br /></p><p>It is a &quot;technical/commercial&quot; quandary.&nbsp; An MS-66 gem and an MS-66 flatly struck gem are in the exact same condition <b><i>as made at the Mint</i>.</b>&nbsp; They are described perfectly yet one is worth far more money.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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