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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Coinsandmedals, post: 3799976, member: 107435&quot;]The difference between technical grade and eye-appeal is a critical point that I failed to address in my original post. GDJMSP (Doug?) provided a perfect summarization of what I meant by technical grade. When I use this term, I am referring to the grade of the coin independent of eye appeal and luster. I define “market grading” as the incorporation of eye appeal and luster with technical grade. This approach may seem odd, given the current industry standard, but I use both technical and market grading when making my purchase decisions. This process may be a by-product of how I typically buy coins (i.e., often raw and almost always online). Evaluating the technical grade provides me some buffer against purchasing raw coins that do not meet my set goal criteria for overall grade. Market grading allows me to narrow the playing field even more by further reducing the possibilities to coins that are not scuzzy or overridden with unattractive toning.</p><p><br /></p><p>My original question aimed to explore a scenario in which one coin had a higher technical grade and plenty of eye appeal, but another coin had a lower technical grade and more eye appeal. In this case, I am not comparing an attractive coin to an unattractive coin, but rather two attractive coins (albeit one is slightly more attractive IMHO) that moderately differ in technical grade (i.e., roughly 2 points). To this extent, what would you choose?</p><p><br /></p><p>A. An attractive coin with a moderately higher technical grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>B. An arguably more attractive coin with a moderately lower technical grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>For this scenario, let us assume the coins are both uncirculated, neither are cleaned (either harshly or just cleaned), and the higher technical grade is not a “condition rarity”. Furthermore, let us assume they are the same year, MM, and variety. In other words, let us assume they are equal in all cases with the exception eye appeal, technical grade, and a slight difference in price say $100 or so. Let’s also assume that eye appeal is based on your personal preferences, whatever that may be.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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