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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ken Dorney, post: 2490931, member: 76086&quot;]Grading is largely just for commercial enterprises (in my humble opinion).&nbsp; One usually assigns them for reasons of monetary gain.&nbsp; I abandoned grading many years ago (though on occasion I may include a grade in my descriptions).&nbsp; That has cost me many sales over the years to be honest, but perhaps there is more of a collector in me than a dealer.&nbsp; I truly believe that a coin should stand on its own merits, and those that we perceive.&nbsp; If we like it, buy it.&nbsp; Not the grade.&nbsp; If we dont agree on the price, pass it by.&nbsp; BUT, we cant get outside grading.&nbsp; Its there and always will be, especially so now that more US collectors are getting into ancients and with the commercial grading services as well.&nbsp; Anyway, in my experience a majority of collectors will still buy by grade and not appearance.&nbsp; As a dealer of many years I have countless stories.&nbsp; But I suspect I am preaching to the choir.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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