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<p>[QUOTE="Kentucky, post: 3175273, member: 33176"]Interesting question. We quibble about semantics a lot on CT. This reminds me of an old Marx Brothers sketch...</p><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000050/?ref_=tt_trv_qu" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000050/?ref_=tt_trv_qu" rel="nofollow">Groucho</a>: You call this a barn? This looks like a stable.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0555597/?ref_=tt_trv_qu" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0555597/?ref_=tt_trv_qu" rel="nofollow">Chico</a>: Well, if you look at it, it's a barn. If you smell it, it's a stable.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000050/?ref_=tt_trv_qu" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000050/?ref_=tt_trv_qu" rel="nofollow">Groucho</a>: Well, let's just look at it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the difference is qualitative vs quantitative. Long ago coins were described as AG, G, VG, etc. then someone applied a quantitative scale which came from grading large cents.</p><p><br /></p><p>Basically I agree with you.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Kentucky, post: 3175273, member: 33176"]Interesting question. We quibble about semantics a lot on CT. This reminds me of an old Marx Brothers sketch... [URL='https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000050/?ref_=tt_trv_qu']Groucho[/URL]: You call this a barn? This looks like a stable. [URL='https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0555597/?ref_=tt_trv_qu']Chico[/URL]: Well, if you look at it, it's a barn. If you smell it, it's a stable. [URL='https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000050/?ref_=tt_trv_qu']Groucho[/URL]: Well, let's just look at it. I think the difference is qualitative vs quantitative. Long ago coins were described as AG, G, VG, etc. then someone applied a quantitative scale which came from grading large cents. Basically I agree with you.[/QUOTE]
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