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<p>[QUOTE="baseball21, post: 3215515, member: 76863"]Grading has subjectivity in it, always has almost certainly always will. Even purely technical grading has subjective elements of how bad is this mark, where's it located, when does this become a details coins ect. It is impossible to remove subjectivity from grading and if you really wanted to see the market be disgusted then removing eye appeal from grading would do it. People would be disgusted at the ugly dogs getting high grades when their ugly appearance no longer holds their grade back.</p><p><br /></p><p>You also have to consider the source of disagreements. Have they seen the coin in hand? Are they an expert grader in the series? What is the disagreement exactly? Someone seeing a picture on a forum and calling the grading wrong means nothing really.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Not at all because if I disagree with a grade I wouldn't buy it. My disagreement or 99 percent of other peoples disagreement really means nothing, I don't agree with every CAC coin but the TPG and CAC combined know far more than I do or basically anyone posting does. </p><p><br /></p><p>A coin isn't over-graded just because I disagree, they're very likely right about the grade and I just don't like that coin which is perfectly fine. There's also series where I am average at best which is probably an overstatement because I never mess with them so I keep my mouth shut about those while others think they are expert graders at everything.</p><p><br /></p><p>Do mistakes happen occasionally sure, there isn't a person or company on the planet that has never made a mistake ever. Those actual mistakes though are FAR fewer than internet forums make it out to be. Just because someone doesn't like the grade doesn't mean is was graded wrong or that they're right.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>There is no actual ANA system. Their grading guide is reporting the market trends of grading not a counsel that sat down and determined official everyone must follow standards.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="baseball21, post: 3215515, member: 76863"]Grading has subjectivity in it, always has almost certainly always will. Even purely technical grading has subjective elements of how bad is this mark, where's it located, when does this become a details coins ect. It is impossible to remove subjectivity from grading and if you really wanted to see the market be disgusted then removing eye appeal from grading would do it. People would be disgusted at the ugly dogs getting high grades when their ugly appearance no longer holds their grade back. You also have to consider the source of disagreements. Have they seen the coin in hand? Are they an expert grader in the series? What is the disagreement exactly? Someone seeing a picture on a forum and calling the grading wrong means nothing really. Not at all because if I disagree with a grade I wouldn't buy it. My disagreement or 99 percent of other peoples disagreement really means nothing, I don't agree with every CAC coin but the TPG and CAC combined know far more than I do or basically anyone posting does. A coin isn't over-graded just because I disagree, they're very likely right about the grade and I just don't like that coin which is perfectly fine. There's also series where I am average at best which is probably an overstatement because I never mess with them so I keep my mouth shut about those while others think they are expert graders at everything. Do mistakes happen occasionally sure, there isn't a person or company on the planet that has never made a mistake ever. Those actual mistakes though are FAR fewer than internet forums make it out to be. Just because someone doesn't like the grade doesn't mean is was graded wrong or that they're right. There is no actual ANA system. Their grading guide is reporting the market trends of grading not a counsel that sat down and determined official everyone must follow standards.[/QUOTE]
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