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<p>[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 3661089, member: 15309"]<span style="color: #000000">Yes, coins are graded, and the assigned grade is then tied to a value that can change over time while the assigned grade does not. This is not the same as trying to value a coin, grading is simply a means by which you can place value on a coin. In other words, they do exactly what you do, they assign a grade based on the standards of market grading, and then the market decides the value.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Don't look now, you just proved my point.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The star designation is proprietary, what would you like PCGS to do, create another symbol to match NGC's star? If you think that marketing gimmicks are the solution, then okay, but I would rather they include eye appeal in the grading process and if the eye appeal is enough to warrant a higher grade, then so be it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 3661089, member: 15309"][COLOR=#000000]Yes, coins are graded, and the assigned grade is then tied to a value that can change over time while the assigned grade does not. This is not the same as trying to value a coin, grading is simply a means by which you can place value on a coin. In other words, they do exactly what you do, they assign a grade based on the standards of market grading, and then the market decides the value. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Don't look now, you just proved my point.[/COLOR] The star designation is proprietary, what would you like PCGS to do, create another symbol to match NGC's star? If you think that marketing gimmicks are the solution, then okay, but I would rather they include eye appeal in the grading process and if the eye appeal is enough to warrant a higher grade, then so be it.[/QUOTE]
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