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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;900fine, post: 1000330, member: 6036&quot;]It would certainly be a bump in the road, but I don&#039;t think it would be too bad. I think it would actually be pretty smooth.</p><p><br /></p><p>In addition to relieving the current injustice (AU58 &lt; MS60), it would have another, more subtle advantage...</p><p><br /></p><p>Currently, VF35 coins are stigmatized. Since they are &quot;only VF&quot;, they tend to get dragged down in price; in essence they are coupled with VF20 coins, even though they are a whisker away from XF.</p><p><br /></p><p>Is that fair ? No. </p><p><br /></p><p>Rational ? No.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fixable ? Yes. Easy. Get rid of VF / XF designations.</p><p><br /></p><p>Heck, <font size="4"><b>EAC got rid of &#039;em years ago</b></font>. No chaos, no trauma. Just do it.</p><p><br /></p><p>In fact, that&#039;s what Sheldon was doing all along. In referring to a &quot;40 coin&quot;, he was market grading. No XF, no VF, no AU. Just a number, indicating value.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just do it.</p><p><br /></p><p><b> It starts with Greysheet and Red Book.</b> Simply remove the alphabetic descriptors in those two and the rest of the hobby / industry will follow.</p><p><br /></p><p>Smooth and easy.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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