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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 493003, member: 112&quot;]All right Mike, yes apples are grown, but I think my point is valid. </p><p><br /></p><p>And you&#039;re right, manufactured products can be standardized. But in order to standardize a manufactured product they ALL, each and every one, has to be made to the same exacting standard. </p><p><br /></p><p>That means that in every case the same materials will be used - that works for coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>It also means that every one will be struck with exactly the same amount of pressure. Hmmmm - that doesn&#039;t work for coins because they aren&#039;t.</p><p><br /></p><p>It also means that in every case the die spacing will&nbsp; be exactly the same. Hmmmm - that doesn&#039;t work for coins because the die spacing is different.</p><p><br /></p><p>It also means that the dies themselves, when brand new, will all be exactly the same and of the same quality. Hmmmmm - that doesn&#039;t work for coins because the dies are not all exactly the same or of the same quality.</p><p><br /></p><p>So much for standardization.</p><p><br /></p><p>So if you want to change the way coins are graded, you would have to change the way they are made because they are not all made the same. Now that would work fine for coins of the future. But what about all those that have already been made ? Kinda late for them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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