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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 8452022, member: 24314&quot;]Not exactly.&nbsp; AFAIK, the &quot;Expert&quot; was touted to be &quot;true&quot; computer grading.&nbsp; AFAIK, when it was demonstrated that&#039;s what it did.&nbsp; It graded the coin and fingerprinted it so it could always be ID&#039;ed and graded the same.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As I remember, Both Ken Bressett and I were looking at the demo at the same time and agreed the grade picked by the &quot;Expert&quot; for the coin was wacky and the system was a bust! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>HOWEVER, as I have written and said for years since then...</p><p><br /></p><p>A computer grading system can be done anytime since then.&nbsp;&nbsp; Professional graders grade the coin (<span style="color: #ff0000">very carefully this time</span>), scan the coin in detail (the fingerprint) and that coin will be graded exactly the same FOREVER when ID&#039;ed by the computer.&nbsp; Its grade can only go down if it is changed by surface alteration or wear.&nbsp; Unfortunately, that is not true computer grading but IMO, the results would be better than the &quot;Expert&quot; and its grade would be set forever eliminating gradeflation and market changes.&nbsp; ONLY ITS PRICE WOULD CHANGE over time.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, those obsolete archival graded coins from the 1970s still retain their original&nbsp; &quot;technical&quot; grade no matter what they are called today!&nbsp; Only their value and commercial grade has changed.&nbsp; For example, many AU coins are now considered to be MS and with each passing year the number goes up as commercial grading &quot;evolves.&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It won&#039;t happen but as soon as &quot;price, rarity, eye appeal, and market conditions are removed from the &quot;grading equation&quot; my blind grandmother and everyone else will be able to look at the condition of preservation of a coin and come up with a decent, acceptable grade.&nbsp; Then they will need to add all the &quot;fluff&quot; to find out what it is worth. <b> That is the realm of successful collectors/dealers.&nbsp; </b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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