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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mikenoodle, post: 292147, member: 307&quot;]uh oh.. did I step in a landmine Doug?</p><p><br /></p><p>Market grading to me is a standing liberty quarter that is just barely missing the outer line at the breast to make the shield complete being called a Fine just because it is a 1927-S. I am referring to when a Buffalo nickel that is well struck but with a just barely incomplete horn being graded an XF because it is a 1926-S. Basically I am referring to the relaxing of standards on certain coins simply because they aren&#039;t known to exist in that condition, or are extremely difficult to find. Many will say that coins don&#039;t exist with (an example here) a full horn for a 1926-S, and this just miss has all the detail of an XF, so it is XF. MY opinion is: if it doesn&#039;t have ALL of the XF details it is NOT XF, it is wishful thinking.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe I am speaking out of turn here, but I have seen countless people relax grading standards on coins for myriad reasons, giving the coin the grade that it really just barely misses, and calling it market grading. If I am misusing this term, I apologise in advance. The market shouldn&#039;t determine the grade, the coin should. Grading is a technical thing and a coin is exactly what it is.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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