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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 4586399, member: 15309&quot;]It makes perfect sense to me and it is basically the same system I have been advocating for years.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are four elements of grading.&nbsp; Assign each element a grade corresponding to MS60-MS70.</p><p><br /></p><p>Surface Preservation (40%)</p><p>Luster (20%)</p><p>Strike (20%)</p><p>Eye Appeal (20%)</p><p><br /></p><p>Then add the totals for the resultant grade, put the resultant grade on the front label and include the grades of the elements in the fine print on the reverse label.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now lets apply that method to say a monster toned Morgan Dollar.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/dLFeEZf.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Surface Preservation (64 x 0.4) = 25.6</p><p>Luster (66 x 0.2) = 13.2</p><p>Strike (64 x 0.2) = 12.8</p><p>Eye Appeal (68 x 0.2) = 13.6</p><p><br /></p><p>Total = 65.2</p><p><br /></p><p>By this method, this MS64 Morgan Dollar would become an MS65, but everyone would be able to see the color bump on the reverse label (eg. SP64-L66-S64-EA68).</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/kYK44mL.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>My point is that their system is no more arbitrary than PCGS or NGC and with a little transparency, it doesn&#039;t need to be arbitrary at all.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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