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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Randy_K, post: 1743991, member: 23248&quot;]I agree on the technical grading.&nbsp; I have been collecting for years and that&#039;s what I grew up with.&nbsp; The &quot;market factors&quot; factors don&#039;t belong in grading since they are just a guess (a.k.a. SWAG) and unfairly impact market pricing.&nbsp; Perhaps in a few years that high grade given due to market factors will become worth less as whatever drove that grade becomes less important?&nbsp; How many times have we seen the prices of a particular coin go wild and then drop after the craze wears off?&nbsp; I figure that is where this may be headed.</p><p><br /></p><p>There have always been hucksters in the coin business selling dipped coins as BU, &quot;rare&quot; VF common date silver dollars and overpriced gold coins as investments.&nbsp; Education is the best defense against that.&nbsp; For legitimate sellers, I figure the more they advertise, the more overhead costs are built into their pricing.</p><p><br /></p><p>fisherwomen3325:&nbsp; A Mercury dime graded AU50 will be just that no matter if there is just one or one million in circulation.&nbsp; When you get into higher grades (like maybe an MS68) then everyone starts splitting hairs using CSC&#039;s green bean sticker, Eagle Eye Photo Seal, PCGS Plus and the like to assume greater value attached to that grade - yet, technically, there is no difference between that MS68 and one without all the extras.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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