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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 392891, member: 13650&quot;]I agree with you that I really like their holders for the added protection for a coin.&nbsp; I also know that it&#039;s nice to be able to hold a coin in hand but some, I&#039;d rather not have touched at all.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; So far, I respect the grading companies.&nbsp; Why shouldn&#039;t I?&nbsp; They are professionals doing this for a living day in and day out.&nbsp; They should be able to grade a coin and slab it more accurately than I or a small town dealer would.&nbsp; The people working at PCGS aren&#039;t college kids at a summer job.&nbsp;&nbsp; They&#039;re people that used to be in the coin business (that aren&#039;t even allowed to collect now) and have been in the hobby longer than I&#039;ve been alive.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; On top of this, two professional graders have to agree on a coin&#039;s grade, without knowing what the other&#039;s choice was.&nbsp; If they don&#039;t agree, a third grader checks out the coin and his grade will decide it.&nbsp; Which will obviously agree with one or the other of the first two. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Short of computers that have the ability to scan and grade coins automatically, I&#039;d have to say it&#039;s the best we&#039;ve got for now.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; This reminds me of how MLB has used umpires throughout it&#039;s history just because that&#039;s the way it is.&nbsp; We&#039;re now in an age that we could have computers monitor strike zones, base lines, foul balls, HRs, instant replays, etc., etc...&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; But they continue to do it how it&#039;s always been done because it&#039;s easier and that&#039;s what everybody seems to be comfortable with.&nbsp;&nbsp; Error calls are just &#039;part of the game&#039;. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; I think instant replay would be the right thing to do for baseball as it was the right thing to do for the NFL.&nbsp; Why anybody doesn&#039;t want the correct call is beyond me, even if it is at the expense of time.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; I&#039;d also be for computer grading if they could do it because I think it would be more accurate than people.&nbsp;&nbsp; They&#039;ve got computers that can sort produce.&nbsp; Why not have them grade coins as well?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Well, got a little off topic but that&#039;s how I feel on grading.&nbsp; I&#039;d rather buy a high dollar coin that&#039;s graded than not.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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