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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pickin and Grinin, post: 3660460, member: 73995&quot;]The thing you are not listening to is that the technical grade gives the coin the merit. Surface preservation is one thing, But looking past the virtually untoned coin with some kind of atoms and molecular surface conditions because of the wash the mint gave them is a bit too far into my understanding of the minting process.</p><p><br /></p><p>We all understand what beauty is, and another thing we get is when a coin is graded correctly because of it&#039;s merits, not because of the state of preservation after it was used.</p><p><br /></p><p>AU=AU and MS= Gem and BU</p><p><br /></p><p>Trying to eliminate technical grading is in my opinion&nbsp; going out of style.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I also noticed [USER=24314]@Insider[/USER] &quot;s intent to make sure we were looking at the initial contact as a whole. Grading a coin IMO involves what is initial contact and what is consecutive contact. Consecutive contact is &quot;WEAR&quot; period.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Value is usually tied totrial and error. A teacher&#039;s constructive criticism can only go so far, before it is time to let the student learn for themselves.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Call me the newbie then, I have been at it since the last recession 08&#039; there isn&#039;t a day in my life that I thank more since, than to learn Technical grading. Not only that but to learn die states and it application to Grade.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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