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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CasualAg$, post: 3293715, member: 99311&quot;]I’ve been avoiding graded, slabbed, coins recently and pursuing coins that look good to me. Most coins that I collect will be stored by me, taken out and viewed by me for my pleasure. The slab only distracts from the coin in any case.</p><p><br /></p><p>At a coin show, today, I talked with a dealer about ICCS grading of Canadian silver dollars. His opinion was that the big U.S. TPGs grade more on eye appeal, the ICCS grading is more technical. I prefer eye appeal.</p><p><br /></p><p>People who collect glass marbles use the term As-Made to describe an unused marble that has flaws from the “minting” process and/or contact marks. Depending on who made the marble and what machinery was used, As-Made marbles can carry a lot of bumps and bruises. These MS-60s of the marble world are valued less and priced lower than used but more attractive glass.</p><p><br /></p><p>Why are coins different from marbles? Why is the intrinsic beauty of the coin not the measure of its value? Is a coin’s beauty in it’s holder and no longer in the eye of it’s beholder? I believe CONDITION and GRADE aren’t the same. I value CONDITION more than GRADE.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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