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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;brg5658, post: 2157951, member: 29751&quot;]Asking &quot;Can you grade&quot;, and then limiting that question to only the difference between 69 and 70 is completely silly.&nbsp; I can grade coins pretty well, in the range of grades that actually exist. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you think this 69/70 stuff is &quot;real&quot;, I challenge you to go through say 100 proofs, and set aside those you would personally grade as 70 -- and the others that you would personally grade 69.&nbsp; Then, I would record your groupings, shuffle them, and give them back to you to sort into 69s and 70s again.&nbsp; I am <b>extremely confident</b> that you would not consistently regroup those coins to exactly the 69 and 70 groups you did the first time.</p><p><br /></p><p>The exact same exercise would work for coins submitted to the TPGs.&nbsp; The fallacy in your logic is that there is NOT one single right answer.&nbsp; Grading is subjective, and there is no gold standard &quot;correct&quot; grade for any given coin.&nbsp; Short of having a surface scan computerized method of grading (which has been attempted, even many many years ago), you will never consistently get the same answer.&nbsp; It is not a scientific question with one right answer.&nbsp; It is a group of opinions, of you, others, the graders at TPGs, etc. </p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe we should similarly discuss the reasons why blue is a better color than orange.&nbsp; Or why Coke is inferior to Pepsi.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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