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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 3657127, member: 24314&quot;]Lehigh96, posted: &quot;Yes, we all agree that eye appeal will increase the price of the coin, but that isn&#039;t the crux of the argument.&nbsp; He contends that <b>coins should be graded from a technical standpoint and that it should be up to the market to decide the value of coin.</b>&nbsp; I believe in market grading principles where &quot;eye appeal&quot; is part of the grading process and exceptional eye appeal should increase the actual grade of the coin, thereby increasing the price.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Excellent post! </p><p><br /></p><p>This is the entire grading argument explained in a very concise way.&nbsp; The two sides can <b><i><u><span style="color: #660000">NEVER </span></u></i></b>come together -<b><i><u><span style="color: #660000"> EVER</span></u></i></b>!&nbsp;&nbsp; The powers that be don&#039;t wish this to be resolved either.&nbsp; Grading a coin by strict, &quot;old-time&quot; TRUE technical standards is a very easily learned skill with the proper instruction.&nbsp; The grade does not change over time if the condition of the coin stays the same.&nbsp; <span style="color: #ff0000">At least 98% of the subjectivity added by &quot;modern&quot; grading is removed.</span>&nbsp; Eye appeal and value have no influence on the technical grade.&nbsp; Today&#039;s &quot;Detail&quot; grading is actually the old technical system applied to impaired coins.&nbsp; Grade the coin, then mention its qualifiers.&nbsp; In the 1970&#039;s, this worked for straight graded coin too: MS-65, flat strike.&nbsp; A coin with full original luster, no rub, virtually no marks, great eye appeal YET missing some of its design.&nbsp; A commercial MS-64 at the time.</p><p><br /></p><p>You see, any knowledgeable person (YOU) can look at an Uncirculated coin and judge (rate) each of its qualities very easily:</p><p><br /></p><p>STRIKE:</p><p><br /></p><p>a. Flat</p><p>b. Weak</p><p>c. Normal</p><p>d. Strong</p><p><br /></p><p>Then, Luster, Marks, etc. </p><p><br /></p><p>It is very easy to teach with examples too.&nbsp; How many marks?</p><p><br /></p><p>a. None</p><p>b. Virtually none</p><p>c. Very few</p><p>d. Few, on and on down.&nbsp; Each adjective corresponds to a particular &quot;look&quot; that we all develop over time - faster if we study graded coins.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><b><i><u><span style="color: #b30000">UNFORTUNATELY</span></u></i></b>, as soon as coin dealers took over, grading became very subjective and more complicated, old established standards were &quot;junked&quot; and the rascals ran the coin business. You need to know what a coin should be worth compared to others from the same date and mint in order to &quot;rank&quot; its value to similar coins. With the foolishness going on today with stickers, cross-over, up grades, etc., &quot;they&quot; can paint a technical &quot;pig&quot; and sell it for $$,$$$ or even higher and most folks are very happy buyers and defenders of the practice.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Therefore, I guess I&#039;ll side with the other guy...Grade the coin and let the seller price it according to how pretty it looks - TO HIM - which is just more added subjectivity.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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