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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 489099, member: 112"]I didn't take offense Mike, nor did I think you were trying to start an argument. I thought you were doing exactly what you say you were doing - calling me a hypoctrite. But I am not, not in the least. You see, I can defend market grading because it uses luster, eye appeal and quality of strike as grading criteria. And yet still not like the value aspect of it. Or the fact that rarity can play a part. If I had my way, both of those things would be done away with. I have stated my position very clearly, many times. But I fail to see how my being in favor of market grading, when I have stated repeatedly that I am not in favor of the apsects about it that you mention, makes me a hypocritical because I favor counting all the steps that are actually supposed to be there. The two things have nothing to do with each other. And no Mike, techical grading does not take quality of strike into consideration as part of the grade. Look it up in any book based on technical grading you want. And quality of strike has absolutely nothing to do with whether a coin is MS or not. The only thing used to determine whether a coin is MS or not is wear. For if a coin is 100% fully struck and has a bit of wear - it is not MS. It is AU. But if a coin is very, very weakly struck and has no wear - it is MS.[/QUOTE]