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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2444230, member: 24314&quot;]I&#039;m not telling BM that her second favorite poster is stirring up my blood pressure. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie60" alt=":kiss:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now one more try for total agreement (As in this case I&#039;m not flexible <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />).</p><p><br /></p><p>If you have the same personal standard as I do and will agree that AU means &quot;no trace of wear,&quot; will you agree that we detect wear as loss of original mint luster?&nbsp; In that case, how much loss of luster do you allow on a coin for it to be from cabinet friction and how much MORE loss of luster to you need to call it AU?</p><p><br /></p><p>You see, this is the problem with commercial grading.&nbsp; We all (including TPGS graders) have our own amount of luster loss before we drop a coin to AU.&nbsp; This was never a problem with the Technical Grading System taught to beginners in SOME seminars BEFORE they are introduced to &quot;market grading.&quot;&nbsp; For tech grading a Mint State coin has FULL LUSTER and no amount of friction no mater what caused it (as we were not there when it happened).</p><p><br /></p><p>Cabinet Friction is a term that was &quot;coined&quot; by dealers to let them sell &quot;sliders&quot; with eye appeal to the those who did not know/or ignored the strict definition of Mint State: No trace of wear. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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