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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;longnine009, post: 67162, member: 1886&quot;]Indeed! The idea that coin collectors should buy the highest grade they can afford, IMO, is an idea that made a lot of sense in 1930 but not today. Back then a VF, now called a EF coin, might cost&nbsp; a dollar and the highest grade was a Unc that might cost $2 or twice&nbsp; the VF now EF price. Getting the higest grade possible back then for 2X the EF price was probably not a bad deal at all.&nbsp; Now with 11&nbsp; Uncirculated grades it&#039;s probably a bit&nbsp; tough to get a MS68 for 2X the EF price.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> The 11 point Unc grades are here to stay, so we are told, and market grading is here to stay, so we are told. And that we just have to &quot;adapt&quot; to these new market realities.&nbsp; Where does it say we have to use old methods--(buy the highest grade possible)-- to adapt to new situations? Why shouldn&#039;t we use changes to our advantage instead the advantage&nbsp; of those foisting the changes?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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