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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;900fine, post: 1023663, member: 6036&quot;]Excellent question, Marshall. The discussion will be instructive to us all.</p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, I feel the Sharpness grade is easy on 99.9% of coins. We consult the ANA Grading Standards book. IMO, your sharpness grade of 25 is reasonable.</p><p><br /></p><p>The second easy part is making an inventory of problems. Big gash, reverse rim bump at K6, surfaces, maybe some scratches north of ONE.</p><p><br /></p><p>Up to this point, we tend to see widespread agreement from most people. The data is &quot;tightly grouped&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now comes the hard part... how much to deduct for problems ? Here, we tend find widespread disagreement; a given problem bothers some people greatly, but bothers other folks much less.</p><p><br /></p><p>For me personally, I suppose I would give it net 3 scudzy for CQR purposes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, the notion &quot;assign it a $ value and move on&quot; is not a bad idea. Many major players in copper do just that. They never ever argue grade; they negotiate price. They get to a certain point and &quot;take it or leave it&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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