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<p>[QUOTE="Kasia, post: 3302293, member: 31533"]I will say it again, and I hope you reconsider your choices of saying MS (insert number) for me. Because MS numbers are not up for willy-nilly applications. They actually have standards to meet. People who don't pay attention to the standards and assign much higher grades to coins are not helping our hobby. Nor are they helping themselves, because they either don't understand what goes into it or don't care.</p><p><br /></p><p>Grading may be 'subjective' yet it still has standards that have to be met. It is an art and a science. Please don't just say it's (whatever high grade you come up with) to 'you'. MS grades don't work that way.</p><p><br /></p><p>And you come on asking what it is, are given a nice color scale to look at and then determine it's 'red'????? What gives? Sometimes I think you are just trolling instead of actually looking to learn. MS60 (and every MS grade) is not just up for random assignment.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, RD, RB and BR have standards that apply as to what it means. Your coin does not meet the RD standard.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Kasia, post: 3302293, member: 31533"]I will say it again, and I hope you reconsider your choices of saying MS (insert number) for me. Because MS numbers are not up for willy-nilly applications. They actually have standards to meet. People who don't pay attention to the standards and assign much higher grades to coins are not helping our hobby. Nor are they helping themselves, because they either don't understand what goes into it or don't care. Grading may be 'subjective' yet it still has standards that have to be met. It is an art and a science. Please don't just say it's (whatever high grade you come up with) to 'you'. MS grades don't work that way. And you come on asking what it is, are given a nice color scale to look at and then determine it's 'red'????? What gives? Sometimes I think you are just trolling instead of actually looking to learn. MS60 (and every MS grade) is not just up for random assignment. Also, RD, RB and BR have standards that apply as to what it means. Your coin does not meet the RD standard.[/QUOTE]
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