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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2649428, member: 24314&quot;]Maybe not completely.&nbsp; 65+ and 66 are close and in some cases, depending on eye appeal, the coin has a shot at the higher grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>I prefer to think that the club members cannot grade.&nbsp; Either that or <span style="color: #b30000">they are stuck in the past</span> and uninformed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Grading is a personal thing.&nbsp; Whatever a person&#039;s grade opinion is (as long as it&#039;s not wacky) is just fine.&nbsp; It is their standard.&nbsp; I know because I find myself stuck in the past.&nbsp; My personal grades are often far off from the TPGS grades of today.&nbsp; However, through study, practice, seminars, etc. I am able to cover the grade of an ICG, NGC, NCS, PCGS, or ANACS slab (in hand) and guess the grade on the label correctly so often it scares me. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>IMO, the ideal to strive for is to have your own standards but know the commercial standards too so you don&#039;t loose money either buying or selling.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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