How much hairlining is acceptable on MS coins?

Even the kilogram changed a few weeks ago.

 

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As has every standard ever.

 

So if we ever change Planck's Constant, do we all instantly die, or what?

 

At one time the standard was the Earth is flat, guess we should have stuck with that too

 

"Standards" in just about everything has and will change. One would think that it's the magnitude of change that's most important. However, that can be argued in numismatics. A one point change in grade can be worth thousands.

 

I don't have the energy to argue.

 

The important part is that anything static that never changes just means it’s outdated, wrong, or clueless. Aside from 2+2 equals 4 I would hate to live in a world where a standard never changes with increased knowledge. Despite what some say numismatic knowledge has increased over the last few decades and will continue to as does everything else

 

Another point to consider is what drives standard changes. For consumer products either the consumer or business drives the change. My guess is that in future years a new grading scale will be adopted which will be a cash cow for the TPGs.

 

And how are the TPGs supposed to be reliable if the goalpost is always moving?

 

The time to worry is if no change ever happens and we're stuck in decades old standards and ability.

The most disingenuous part of it all is that no one here is grading from the original first invented standards, so they're fine with changes but once they get set in their ways everyone should get off their lawn because change is bad

 

Better track shoes, aka constant unending education.

 

*re-education. Kinda hard to learn a standard when it is always changing (aka: there are no standards).

 

You've been mislead by who you believe and what you know if you honestly believe that

 

Here's the trueview on that $3 gold. Funny that the reverse is not in focus.

 

Nothing hides fine lines like a little focus nudge.

 

How else are you supposed to cope with ever-changing standards without having to re-educate yourself? I think you are just countering everything I say just to be difficult.

 

I still think most of that is die polish

 

Weird coin. I don't do much with gold but the luster looks absolutely BOOMING in that trueview, but there are distracting lines all over it?! Devices still look frosty.

 

Morgans can have fields with booming luster and frosty devices and be covered in die polish lines. Gold coins are no different