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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NPCoin, post: 405354, member: 5629&quot;]So you&#039;re from the era where dealers would advertise coins as &quot;MS-65++: and &quot;MS-65-&quot;.&nbsp; Well, not much has changed except now they give grades with stars and stickers.&nbsp; New generation, new marketing technique, same old hype.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s still true, unless one refers to the grades assigned by &quot;self-slabbers&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I know exactly what you are talking about, and the practice is referred to in the ANA Standards, which I&#039;ll answer to GD&#039;s post.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>BINGO!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp;&nbsp; Grading is subjective.&nbsp; So, one&#039;s own bias is king in the realm of grading.&nbsp; However, to say that there&#039;s a lot more subjectivity than there should be is probably only because of the way market grading adjusts the technical grade without leaving any indication as to why.&nbsp; I would personally prefer the technical grade to be assigned to a coin with everything subjective left to remarks like:&nbsp; &quot;MS-63, exceptional strike and luster&quot; or &quot;MS-66, black spots&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>To me, this form of grading and notation leaves a lot more to be understood.&nbsp; Why waste time looking at everybody&#039;s MS-65 coins when the technical grade is higher of lower, but certain factors have raised or lowered the grade?&nbsp; This is why we have the advent today of CaC stickers, PQ designations, * designations, etc.&nbsp; Call the coin what it is.&nbsp; Push the actual grade back to a more objective standard and leave the subjectiveness where it belongs in opinions and remarks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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