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Message:: [QUOTE="Endeavor, post: 2059121, member: 60292"]I wish the grading scale was simplified. The Sheldon scale has too many grade levels. A simplified scale would better allow a collector to fine tune their own opinion of a grade and value. A scale would still be needed for TPG's that offer financial compensation for an error or omission. However, I believe an authentication service could also do well into the future. That is a service that basically tells you whether the coin is authentic or counterfeit. That's it. I think this type of service could really do well as more and more people begin to lose faith in TPG grading standards. I know people are already starting to question TPG's standards and in some cases motives. Just look at the ANA show last year and the launch of the 50th Anniversary Kennedy Labels fiasco, for example. In the end money corrupts ALL. Sometime last year I proposed a new and simplified grade scale (see below). [ATTACH=full]379505[/ATTACH] This was just a quick draft I came up with. It might not be perfect, but you get the idea. I also think the wording on something like this is much less confusing - especially for the layman.[/QUOTE]