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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;the_highlander, post: 29259, member: 1592&quot;]the uk uses the same as the op says</p><p><br /></p><p>the reason i think its better is it removes that personal opinion from the equation.</p><p><br /></p><p>if anyone has ever read coin collecters survival manual by travers, in it he did an experiment with 100 coin dealers, there grading was all over the place.</p><p><br /></p><p>i believe that 1-70 grading system is too subjective as a basis to coin grading.</p><p><br /></p><p>7 grades is enough,its also removes the subjectivity as proven in travers book.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also believe that the people that perpetrate the 1-70 grading system are the grading companies they have most to gain from a subjective system of grading.using the 7 grading standards then valuing within that as high or low end grade within it, is something any collector or dealer can learn.</p><p><br /></p><p>There would be no need to send any coins at all to be slabbed if this system was used.it was good enough for 100s of years.There would be no need for all the constant submitting to slabbing companies which is eating a lot of money out of the coin buisness for themselves with nothing of value giving in return.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Its a big old con of the highest order.ANA joins in this con as well, half the people that join ANA only do so to gain access to the high end grading companies to slab, as any one can join ANA anyway why make joining them a pre-requisite to sending coins off for grading.In return ANA promotes a couple of companies above others and the 1-70 grading system.</p><p><br /></p><p>A nice cosy monopoly[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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