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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2435844, member: 24314&quot;][USER=78244]@TypeCoin971793[/USER] wrote:&nbsp; <span style="color: #00b359">(and I am basically in agreement)</span></p><p><br /></p><p>which I think is stupid because &quot;<b>Mint State</b>&quot; means <i><b>NO WEAR OR CIRCULATION</b></i>. <span style="color: #00b359">This is true.&nbsp; I agree with you.&nbsp; Unfortunately, it has taken on a much looser interpretation.&nbsp; Although we don&#039;t like it - that&#039;s the way it is.&nbsp; All we can do is vote w/our money. </span>Don&#039;t give me any of the &quot;market grade&quot; crap. <span style="color: #00b359">Market grading is not &quot;crap.&quot;&nbsp; It is the way things are done now as &quot;Market Makers&quot; and TPGS&#039;s dictate the rules. </span>If it is worth a premium because of the eye appeal, then someone will pay for it if the buyer has any appreciable knowledge about coins. That&#039;s what the coin is &quot;worth.&quot; You don&#039;t need a grade number, erroneous as it is in this case, to determine what a certain coin is worth. <span style="color: #00b359">That was the idea behind the &quot;Technical Grading System. We&#039;ll grade the coin strictly and you value it.</span><span style="color: #00b300">&nbsp; </span>The <i><b>SOLE JOB</b></i> of the TPGs is to authenticate and accurately grade the present condition of the coin, not to determine what it is worth. <span style="color: #00b359">True,&nbsp; according to you (see Technical grading above) however, ask 95% of collectors &quot;Why do we need grading?&quot; and they will tell you its to put a value on a coin.&nbsp; So, like it or not, the TPGS&#039;s <span style="color: #b30000">put values on our coins</span>. </span> It seems many people don&#039;t understand this. <span style="color: #00b359">(?) By your post, at least you don&#039;t.&nbsp; </span>It just creates misconceptions among collectors that don&#039;t know what they are doing.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you can&#039;t see the signs of circulation for some reason, I am more than happy to point that out. <span style="color: #00b359">Anyone here who does not see the wear on the coin needs to get new glasses and take a grading course.&nbsp; In a typical grading seminar, the students would learn what &quot;cabinet friction&quot; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> looks like, grade this coin as a technical AU-58, and then have it explained why a TPGS would grade it higher to indicate its value.&nbsp; IMO, a class would assign a commercial grade of MS-62 (coin with a loss of luster on the high spots yet one that has not seen much abuse) then they would add a point for eye appeal and reach MS-63.&nbsp; Class just &quot;commercially&quot; graded the coin.&nbsp; I&#039;ve seen this done in many grading seminars.</span></p><p><br /></p><p>If you feel like overpaying for an overgraded and overpriced AU half dollar (which is quite nice), you can buy it here: <span style="color: #00b359">You and I would PASS. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; </span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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