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Message:: [QUOTE="V. Kurt Bellman, post: 3105163, member: 71723"]But since you were so kind as to ask my opinion of what kind of grading structure would better handle coins of the type I wrote of, I'll tell you. I propose that AU run from a numerical grade of 50 through 64; i.e. 50, 53, 55, 58, 60, 61, 62, 63, and ONLY under the most extraordinary circumstances, 64. I also propose that MS start at 53, to yield 53, 55, 58, and every point from 60 to 70. Under this system, it would become OBVIOUS, to me at least, that I ought to expect to pay more for an AU62 than a MS60 or MS58. The problem is this - MS60 is not low enough for some of the ugloid technically MS coins out there. I think I even own one. It's a 1935-D Merc dime graded MS60FSB. And AU58 is not high enough for my California Commem 1925 half. Would this "solve the whole problem"? Oh goodness no, but it moves it in the right direction.[/QUOTE]