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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 19777, member: 112"]Whoever it was that made this comment - they are certainly not alone. There are many collectors who yearn for the past when the grades were - G - F - VF - XF - Unc & BU. But quite frankly - that grading system left a lot of room for discussion. Which of course is why the grading system we have now was adopted. And no it was not the grading companies that adopted it or brought it about. It was the ANA and the numismatic community as a whole. Grading companies did not even come into existence until almost 20 yrs later. Now many will still say that they cannot - and don't think anybody else can either - tell the difference between an MS66 & MS67 coin. Well maybe they can't - but I can. And a great many others can as well. Personally - I think anybody can once they have enough experience with MS coins. But the ability to do so is certainly not something that comes easily. It takes a lot of study - it takes a lot of work - and most of all it takes looking at a whole lot of coins.[/QUOTE]