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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 3730906, member: 24314&quot;]I&#039;m putting the relationship of grade and value first:&nbsp; Marshall, posted: &quot;<b><i><span style="color: #b30000">The market sets the price, not the grade.</span></i></b>&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>This is <b><span style="color: #b30000">one reason</span></b> why coins formerly graded XF are now graded MS and</p><p>sell for $,$$$,$$$ and most are OK with that easily provable FACT! </p><p><br /></p><p>Thus, considering a coin&#039;s value when assigning a grade is probably the main reason the simple act of grading a coin has become complicated and subject to major swings and disagreements. </p><p><br /></p><p>physics-fan3.14, posted: &quot;...(and after all, a grade is just a value, right?&quot; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"><span style="color: #b30000"><b><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> No, No, and heck NO.&nbsp; </b></span></font></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #000000">I understand this way of thinking.&nbsp; It has been foisted on all of us.&nbsp; If I ask a class, why do we need grading 99.99% will answer: &quot;To put a value on it!&quot; Just because that is the case, it does not make it true. </span> A coin&#039;s condition is skewed by any attempts to value it.&nbsp; See quote below:</span></p><p><br /></p><p>TypeCoin971793, posted: &quot;That net grade is value grading, plain and simple. Just like the toning bumps for high-end coins. The sharpness grade is technical grade.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Ideally, grade the coin and let the market put a value on it as they do already! <b><i><u><font size="6"><span style="color: #b30000"> All MS-65&#039;s are not equal.</span></font></u></i></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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