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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;900fine, post: 866494, member: 6036&quot;]I have no first-hand experience, so I can&#039;t say for sure. From what I&#039;ve heard, it sounds like a very small company with a very few graders. Thus, one man&#039;s opinion can alter the standard - particularly if the founder / owner has a certain philosophy, which seems inevitable.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It almost sounds like a different grading scale - like the difference between the English and Metric systems of weights and measures.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I know an old, old Early American Copper man who is notoriously hard on coins. He consistently grades several quanta lower than anyone else - even other Olde School guys who wrote books. To me, that&#039;s not strict grading - it&#039;s inaccurate grading.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>One shouldn&#039;t be overly harsh to earn the title &quot;strict&quot;. A good grader is one who consistently matches generally accepted criteria (a statement which can open quite a can of worms, I&#039;m sure).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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