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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mark T, post: 866383, member: 20061&quot;]<font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">You have me wrong , I know that Au Bust Halves can be graded as MS .&nbsp; I already posted that in an indirect way when I said that I thought some here would grade this coin either Au 58 or MS . The difference between Au 58 and MS 62 or 63 can be rather subtle. </font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">As far as grading standards – because I only purchase and sell slabbed coins I have to go with the TPG grading standards over the ANA standard. In a perfect world both standards and all TPG’s would grade coins equally , chances of that happening from what I see are slim to none. If CAC grades by the TPG standard , they do so at a&nbsp; very conservative level , as it should be. I don’t think there is a major difference between ANA and TPG standards , you personally are just grading at a very conservative level. All the TPG’s did was to modify the ANA standards . You can break it down further and argue that what PCGS considers MS,&nbsp; NGC might consider Au and visa versa. There is the scientific aspect of grading but what it all boils down to is subjectivity of ones person opinion VS another’s. </font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">From what I see in the early days of ANACS and PCGS, coins were graded very conservatively . I have seen some early ANACS coins with that were given the paper certificate that today would grade many points higher. </font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">I will buy that MS 65 Bust from you but only if you submit it to CAC first <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> .</font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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