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Message:: [QUOTE="MrDSmith, post: 2347656, member: 9745"]I'm late to the party, but it seems like the argument here is that there will be thirty (30) grades ABOVE MS-70 in terms of quality, making 70s "less good," or that it will be "the new MS-69." Why wouldn't 70 be the equivalent of MS-100 on that theoretical scale? The number 70 is a numerical value, but it's also symbolic of a perfectly struck coin. If you say 100 is the new highest, a 70 on the old system doesn't become "less well-struck." It's still a perfectly struck coin. On a new system of 100, a 70 might be an XF/AU grade, but the old system values would have an equivalent. XF-40 on the Sheldon Scale should  be a 70 on the new one. All TPGs would have to do is clearly distinguish the label of the new system, perhaps with an "X/100" in place of where the standard grade is printed so people could differentiate. You wouldn't even really need to give all 100 grades. A "1" would still be almost unrecognizable, a "100" would be perfectly struck, and everything else would more or less serve to help the collector conceptualize the condition in a way they're familiar with, seeing as we're much more accustomed to ranking things from 1-100 than any other number system.[/QUOTE]