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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 143381, member: 4626&quot;]That&#039;s where I&#039;d put the emphasis... the only time color is mentioned as a deciding factor in grading according to the ANA guide is with <i>copper</i> coins.&nbsp; It says nothing else about color as far as determining grade, only luster, when talking about non-copper coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It may very well be your opinion that color should be a deciding factor with other coins too... but it&#039;s not the <i>ANA&#039;s</i> opinion.&nbsp; Feel free to start up your own grading service with that as a standard, but expect any coins that you won&#039;t give above MS-66 to because of the color that otherwise would merit the grade to get broken out and submitted to someone else, lol.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the 6th edition they state it this way about MS-67, on page 24 (emphasis mine of course):</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s this reference to color of copper coins that prevents TPG&#039;s from guaranteeing the grade of copper coins.&nbsp; Since the slabs are not airtight they can&#039;t guarantee that the color won&#039;t change, and since color is a decifing factor of the grade amongst copper coins above MS-66, they can&#039;t guarantee that the grade won&#039;t go down after time.&nbsp; However since color has nothing to do with the grade for non-copper coins, they have no problem guaranteeing the grades of those.</p><p><br /></p><p>The ANA further states, on page 34 of the 6th edition (again emphasis mine):</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Seems pretty clear that the ANA&#039;s opinion is that color only affects the grade with copper and bronze coins, and is only a deciding factor above MS-66.&nbsp; Whatever you might think about what the standard <i>should be</i>, that&#039;s what they say the standard <i>is</i>.&nbsp; Of course any grader is free to use or not use ANA standards if they choose, but they won&#039;t have a very marketable service if they don&#039;t, whether they overgrade based on ANA standards, or they undergrade based on those standards.&nbsp; Color will not likely be used as a deciding factor for non-copper coins as long as the ANA doesn&#039;t say it should be, amongst any graders that want to keep their reputation as an accurate grading service based on ANA standards.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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