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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 494153, member: 112"]Because if you were to etsablish what the average strike quality is for all Morgans as a whole, and I mean all of them form every date and mint, and then use that as your basis for grading - what you find is that as a general rule they have a lousy strike. This would cause the grades of all those coins out there to go up. </p><p><br /></p><p>Why do think MS65 and up cost so much ? It's because there are so few of them out there. So if you lower the grading basis, which is what would happen by averaging, there would suddenly be a whole lot more high grade coins on the market.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I am well aware of that. But even the best computer cannot tell the difference between a B and an 8. This is a fact. It has always been the problem with optical/pattern recogniton programs and they have not yet been able to overcome it. Don't believe me, check into and find out. Now if they can't do something as simple as that, how do think a computer is going to be able to recognize all the nuances of a coin's design ? </p><p><br /></p><p>Instead of telling me that I am limiting my thinking - just imagine that you might be mistaken in yours. It is possible.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 494153, member: 112"]Because if you were to etsablish what the average strike quality is for all Morgans as a whole, and I mean all of them form every date and mint, and then use that as your basis for grading - what you find is that as a general rule they have a lousy strike. This would cause the grades of all those coins out there to go up. Why do think MS65 and up cost so much ? It's because there are so few of them out there. So if you lower the grading basis, which is what would happen by averaging, there would suddenly be a whole lot more high grade coins on the market. I am well aware of that. But even the best computer cannot tell the difference between a B and an 8. This is a fact. It has always been the problem with optical/pattern recogniton programs and they have not yet been able to overcome it. Don't believe me, check into and find out. Now if they can't do something as simple as that, how do think a computer is going to be able to recognize all the nuances of a coin's design ? Instead of telling me that I am limiting my thinking - just imagine that you might be mistaken in yours. It is possible.[/QUOTE]
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