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<p>[QUOTE="Endeavor, post: 2140437, member: 60292"]MS67 and XF45 is not a small difference. It should be a very clear difference and throughout most or all of the coin. It's also not the same in that one is dealing with wear and the other is small inconsistencies in manufacturing.</p><p><br /></p><p>With that said, I am on record as saying the difference between one grade and the next on the Sheldon scale is stupid and too insignificant. I have bashed the difference between 69 and 70 plenty of times, for example. Especially the absurdity in the differences in price. I have even gone as far as to propose a new scale. Here it is again (some of you have seen this before)...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]409254[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>In my scale the difference in wear/condition is very general. Leaving the collector some room to determine what they believe the grade is to them and not someone else's opinion which has been shown to heavily influence (a lot of times inaccurately) price. The scale should act more like a guide and less like an absolute value.</p><p><br /></p><p>My scale also removes confusing terminology like About Uncirculated (AU) - which actually has wear and signs of circulation. Another example, extra fine (EF), sounds like very high quality when it's not even uncirculated. In my view, there are two major categories to describe a coins condition... Uncirculated and Circulated. Within circulated, I feel Fine, Average and Poor do a good job of classifying a coins condition with, again, the exact level (and price) being determined by the viewer.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Endeavor, post: 2140437, member: 60292"]MS67 and XF45 is not a small difference. It should be a very clear difference and throughout most or all of the coin. It's also not the same in that one is dealing with wear and the other is small inconsistencies in manufacturing. With that said, I am on record as saying the difference between one grade and the next on the Sheldon scale is stupid and too insignificant. I have bashed the difference between 69 and 70 plenty of times, for example. Especially the absurdity in the differences in price. I have even gone as far as to propose a new scale. Here it is again (some of you have seen this before)... [ATTACH=full]409254[/ATTACH] In my scale the difference in wear/condition is very general. Leaving the collector some room to determine what they believe the grade is to them and not someone else's opinion which has been shown to heavily influence (a lot of times inaccurately) price. The scale should act more like a guide and less like an absolute value. My scale also removes confusing terminology like About Uncirculated (AU) - which actually has wear and signs of circulation. Another example, extra fine (EF), sounds like very high quality when it's not even uncirculated. In my view, there are two major categories to describe a coins condition... Uncirculated and Circulated. Within circulated, I feel Fine, Average and Poor do a good job of classifying a coins condition with, again, the exact level (and price) being determined by the viewer.[/QUOTE]
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