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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 4507602, member: 24314&quot;]I too have written a lot on this topic.&nbsp; I&#039;ll join in when I have time. </p><p><br /></p><p>Until then two thoughts...</p><p><br /></p><p>1.&nbsp; True technical grading as was first developed and used was done using florescent light with a stereo microscope set at around 7X.&nbsp; The standard back then was very strict as the system was based on Sheldon&#039;s descriptions for the grades.&nbsp; Nothing on a coin could hide including HAIRLINES and any marks hidden in the relief design (which are not as important as the obvious marks). </p><p><br /></p><p>Precision can only be accomplished when the same coin is graded the same way any time it is seen over the years as long as its condition remained unchanged.&nbsp; The stricter a system (no wiggle room) and the more you can see aids in attaining this precision.&nbsp; Back then Numismatics and the Technical Grading System practiced at the <b>second </b>authentication company and <b><span style="color: #ff0000">the first</span></b> grading service had a standard.&nbsp; No trace of wear = MS.&nbsp; The rest followed Sheldon.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>2.&nbsp; Since precise grading that never changes can now be done very easily:&nbsp; Assign a grade, image the coin, and record its grade for posterity we are closer than you think to a great system.&nbsp; Grade the coin and let the market value it.&nbsp; The major TPGS&#039;s will need to find another way to make money as graduation, crack outs, etc will be ineffective. </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, as soon as coin dealers became involved in grading it all went to hell.&nbsp; You <b><i>CANNOT</i></b> combine <span style="color: #b30000">value</span>, rarity, ownership, green beans, economic conditions, <span style="color: #b30000">eye-appea</span>l, magnification, strike, differences in size and composition, the popularity of a coin series, etc into any system and expect it to work.&nbsp; That&#039;s as stupid as trying to figure out what a NET-Graded Large cent looks like if you cannot see it![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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