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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PlanoSteve, post: 3597832, member: 91609&quot;]Yes, this brings up 2 points:</p><p><br /></p><p>(1)&nbsp; When you have a &quot;cut-off&quot; grade, that pretty much establishes that one puts greater consideration on collecting (mostly slabs) for future sale/value, rather than identifying a &quot;collectable&quot; coin on ones own &quot;eyeball&quot;/in hand merit.&nbsp; And there&#039;s nothing wrong with that; to each his/her own.</p><p><br /></p><p>(2)&nbsp; Of course we&#039;ve all seen either raw or encapsulated coins which we feel are either higher grade, or inferior to other &quot;graded&quot; slabs we&#039;ve seen.</p><p><br /></p><p>This all goes back to learning to grade for ourselves, &amp; buying the coin, not the slab.</p><p><br /></p><p>Aside:&nbsp; What&#039;s amazing to me is that, with so many grading guides, all similar &amp; specific in their grading &quot;rules&quot;, it seems to still be very subjective from person to person.&nbsp; Perhaps that&#039;s because it is very difficult to grade when the coin is not &quot;in-hand&quot;. </p><p><br /></p><p>JMHO (which may or may not be worth a cup of coffee <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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