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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;buildercurt, post: 579809, member: 18468&quot;]<span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Roger that Camaro. I guess what I&#039;m learning here is that grading is still very subjective or more art than science. All the more reason to get a really good coin slabbed so that one can have at least a somewhat objective starting point for arguing grade and therefore value. It&#039;s my understanding from just subscribing to PCGS that at least three or four &quot;professionals&quot;, after close examination,&nbsp; have to agree on the the grade assigned so I&#039;ll certainly have to let that settle the question. Of course there&#039;s also my desire to permanently protect the coin and &quot;freeze&quot; it in it&#039;s current state which is the other reason I feel that slabbing it is the right thing to do. 2x2 mylars just don&#039;t seem adequate for that purpose. If I told you how all my coins were stored until very recently it would probably make your skin crawl so I&#039;ll save myself that embarrassment. </font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">I guess I don&#039;t understand the propensity to bump the grade on Morgans. Other than the fact that they possess an inherent beauty and have become so popular (on TV etc) it seems that bumping the grade defeats the whole idea of grading?!? Beautiful they are, but no more so than a walking liberty or a St Gaudens. </font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">The stated purpose of the post was to see if my budding grading efforts and skills were in the ballpark. What I think I learned is that they are but perhaps a little generous. I also learned that there really isn&#039;t an objective right or wrong answer and that like with all collectibles, the beauty and value is in the eye of the beholder.&nbsp; Thanks again for your help. -C-</font></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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