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<p>[QUOTE="Insider, post: 8462875, member: 24314"]eddiespin, posted: "Just a thought on this. <span style="color: #ff0000">Market grading was invented by ANA.</span> Not so with grading. ANA standards on grading weren't invented. They were rather very carefully observed and categorized benchmarks on levels of wear, or grade. ANA grading standards were aligned on how coins wear. ANA didn't invent how coins wear, or invent grading. But it did invent market grading, which is superficial nonsense. <span style="color: #006633">We like the look, it market grades higher. We're impressed with the provenance, it market grades higher. Both those, eye appeal and provenance, are market grading standards.</span> As such, we have a pig, add lipstick, it's not a pig. Market grading tells us whether we got something people want, grading tells us whether it's a pig. All to say, learn to grade, or we don't know whether it's a pig."</p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000">Nonsense!</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #006600">A good explanation of some of the things affecting market grading.</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Insider, post: 8462875, member: 24314"]eddiespin, posted: "Just a thought on this. [COLOR=#ff0000]Market grading was invented by ANA.[/COLOR] Not so with grading. ANA standards on grading weren't invented. They were rather very carefully observed and categorized benchmarks on levels of wear, or grade. ANA grading standards were aligned on how coins wear. ANA didn't invent how coins wear, or invent grading. But it did invent market grading, which is superficial nonsense. [COLOR=#006633]We like the look, it market grades higher. We're impressed with the provenance, it market grades higher. Both those, eye appeal and provenance, are market grading standards.[/COLOR] As such, we have a pig, add lipstick, it's not a pig. Market grading tells us whether we got something people want, grading tells us whether it's a pig. All to say, learn to grade, or we don't know whether it's a pig." [COLOR=#ff0000] Nonsense![/COLOR] [COLOR=rgb(255, 0, 0)][/COLOR] [COLOR=#006600]A good explanation of some of the things affecting market grading.[/COLOR][/QUOTE]
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