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<p>[QUOTE="halfcent1793, post: 3197664, member: 86853"]As I understand it, the ANA was under heavy pressure from the dealer community to adopt the numbers. They give the false sense that grading is somehow objective and quantifiable. It is neither. Sheldon's notion was pseudoscience, and it has harmed numismatics as much as his notion that one's physique controlled his behavior.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sheldon is no longer worshiped by the early copper community, mostly because he stole coins from the ANS. Also because of his racism.</p><p><br /></p><p>By the way, he was never active in Early American Coppers, the club.</p><p><br /></p><p>He did write an entertaining book.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="halfcent1793, post: 3197664, member: 86853"]As I understand it, the ANA was under heavy pressure from the dealer community to adopt the numbers. They give the false sense that grading is somehow objective and quantifiable. It is neither. Sheldon's notion was pseudoscience, and it has harmed numismatics as much as his notion that one's physique controlled his behavior. Sheldon is no longer worshiped by the early copper community, mostly because he stole coins from the ANS. Also because of his racism. By the way, he was never active in Early American Coppers, the club. He did write an entertaining book.[/QUOTE]
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