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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mikenoodle, post: 492962, member: 307&quot;]You create a computer composite Darryl by examining the best known examples. you measure strike characteristics and determine hub characteristics based on ideal strikes. since no coins have all of the ideal characteristics, we would look at several coins and make a composite of ideal conditions.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cave Troll, I was suggesting a grading system that is NOT run by people with a vested interest in value, thereby seperating the two. I think one corrupts the other. I realize that what I have suggested focuses almost entirely on strike. I think that much of the technical grade of a coin focuses on strike and preservation, and I wasn&#039;t suggesting a move away from that.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is not a method for determining value (as I feel grading has become today) it is more a way to determine quality of the artifact. Value is left out of the equation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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