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Message:: [QUOTE="Clawcoins, post: 3348383, member: 77814"]Is this a rant that you can't get a "better" coin for less money? "grading" exists in many hobbies from Car Shows, Comic Books, Coins, etc.On the opposite end of the spectrum you have your customizers who take "original" things, add their labor rate to destroy original situations and make you pay for it. This skews "value" until resale when that labor rate is all loss. If you have a Red Book read the grading section to get better information on it. You can get a (a) high quality coin, marked details and save a bunch of money.  Or you can get a (b) higher quality damaged coin .. I guess it depends upon perspective but sometimes (a) = (b).  You either win, or lose depending upon your perspective. Until then remember a "perfect" coin is a "perfect" coin and some collectors strive for that perfect coin .. not a coin that is perfect except for some surface damage, or do you want to call that imperfections?  Either way, it's not perfect, original, unaltered. You can do what many people do. Buy a coin, enjoy it.  Then flip it and buy a better grade coin.  Work your way up the ladder.  Or don't buy that coin and save up your money to initially buy a higher grade coin.  Either way, you win. and remember .. scratches are in the eye of the beholder ..[ATTACH=full]886656[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]