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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 950847, member: 26302"]Thanks for the posts GDJMSP. The price differences that can be among the same grade, let alone price differences between grades that many, (even dealers), cannot reliably distiguish, was the jist of my post. I was simply trying to ask why pay more for something that is such a tiny difference.</p><p> </p><p>I have a nice XF/AU set of seated halves. I have never even tried to differentiate between the grades when I purchased them or now. To me, I wanted certain dates, and that was acceptable grades to me. That is what was important. Maybe if MS65 is your lowest acceptable grade and you really can tell the difference, then ok, but I would challenge most collectors that they couldn't tell the difference 100% of the time between 63,64,65, and 66's. My question then was why do people pay so much more for the higher grades? </p><p> </p><p>Grade inflation and huge price differences in insignificant grades I just cannot understand I guess. Call me old fashioned or an old timer I guess. That's ok.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 950847, member: 26302"]Thanks for the posts GDJMSP. The price differences that can be among the same grade, let alone price differences between grades that many, (even dealers), cannot reliably distiguish, was the jist of my post. I was simply trying to ask why pay more for something that is such a tiny difference. I have a nice XF/AU set of seated halves. I have never even tried to differentiate between the grades when I purchased them or now. To me, I wanted certain dates, and that was acceptable grades to me. That is what was important. Maybe if MS65 is your lowest acceptable grade and you really can tell the difference, then ok, but I would challenge most collectors that they couldn't tell the difference 100% of the time between 63,64,65, and 66's. My question then was why do people pay so much more for the higher grades? Grade inflation and huge price differences in insignificant grades I just cannot understand I guess. Call me old fashioned or an old timer I guess. That's ok.[/QUOTE]
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