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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;900fine, post: 438297, member: 6036&quot;]Individuals are free to include it or not as they see fit. Personally, I include it. How could I not ? <i><u>Anything</u></i> which affects the visual impact of the coin affects its desirability and thus its price.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The grading &quot;system&quot; exists only by the consent of the hobbyists. To prevent chaos and have a somewhat uniform set of rules, we mutually consent. However, individuals have personal preference. In the final analysis, it comes down to a coin on the table, a price, and the buyer decides &quot;pass or play&quot;.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>For instance, let&#039;s consider adjustment marks on early US gold and silver.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The &quot;official rules&quot; say that the adjustment marks don&#039;t count in determining grade since they are pre-strike &quot;as built&quot;.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Well, in Ricky World they most certainly DO count. You&#039;ve got two coins identical except one has butt-ugly adjustment marks... which one do you buy ? Which one brings higher price ?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>There is no &quot;grading czar&quot; autocrat who can force upon us a set of rules.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As Drusus mentioned above, it&#039;s a matter of <i>balance</i>. The total picture, the total coin, one coin at a time.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It&#039;s your checkbook. It&#039;s your collection. YOU decide.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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