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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;brg5658, post: 3277676, member: 29751&quot;]I was making the point that PCGS was assigning a <b><i>numerical grade meant for grading metal coins </i></b>to a piece of <b>glass</b>.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I wasn&#039;t arguing whether it was or was not a relevant piece of numismatic history.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The same idiocy applies to grading rubber tokens or porcelain notgeld or paper scrip using the same scale as if they were metal coins.&nbsp; If you want to slab a piece of sandpaper, fine.&nbsp; But it&#039;s not a metal coin, so why assign it an &quot;MS64&quot; grade...as if some standard exists to <i><b>differentiate</b></i> MS64 from MS65 for a piece of sandpaper.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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