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Message:: [QUOTE="TypeCoin971793, post: 2766832, member: 78244"]I can't afford to, but that does not stop me from looking at pictures and wondering "How the heck did that 1794 Dollar get AU-58," or "how did that bust dollar get MS-63?" Or "How did all of these cleaned Seated Dollars get problem-free grades." Not necessarily. I won't look down on your MS-65 Morgan and say that my Alexander tetradrachm is better. Both are pretty coins, and are of equal value, and are special for their own reasons. I just don't agree with the micro-grading system. I was chatting with a collector of modern coins in England, and she says that few collectors and dealers use the 70-point system in Europe. She said that they thought it was kind-of silly. So I am not alone in my thinking. However, there is a British TPG that recently started who uses an even-crazier a 100-point system instead of a 70-point system. I don't know how successful they have been. Millionaires and billionaires can spend whatever amout for the best-of-the-best coins they want. They can do that; it's their money. I would rather have a car than a coin that was simply graded 1 point higher.[/QUOTE]