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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 3662189, member: 24314&quot;]<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Lehigh96, posted: &quot;<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Yes, coins are graded, and the assigned grade is then tied to <b>a value that can change over time while the assigned grade does not.&quot;</b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: #660066"><i>Yes, a coin&#039;s value <b><span style="color: #000000">DOES CHANGE</span></b> over time.&nbsp;&nbsp; Unfortunately, you are out of touch if you actually believe this <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />:</i> </span><b>&quot;...while the assigned grade does not.&quot;&nbsp; </b><span style="color: #660066"><i>Additionally, as I have stated several times, the value of a coin INFLUENCES the assigned grade.&nbsp; So does determining if a coin should be straight graded.&nbsp; There is a 1933 $10 straight graded as MS-63 with several deep scratches all over the reverse being discussed at the moment.&nbsp;&nbsp; </i> </span> </span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">&quot;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.&quot;</span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><i><span style="color: #660066">See above.</span></i></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">&quot;In other words, &quot;<b>they</b>&quot;&nbsp; <b><i><span style="color: #660066">[?]</span></i></b> do exactly what you do [<i><span style="color: #660066">It should be obvious from our posts that you don&#039;t have the slightest clue what I do</span></i>], they assign a grade based on the standards of market grading, and then the market decides the value.&quot;</span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">&quot;Don&#039;t look now, you just proved my point.&quot;</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><i><span style="color: #660066">I&#039;m pretty sure if we had a talk we would realize how much more we agree on.</span></i> </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">The star designation is proprietary, what would you like PCGS to do, create another symbol to match NGC&#039;s star?&nbsp; [<i><span style="color: #660066">I don&#039;t think it would hold up.&nbsp; Put the star in front of the grade, change its shape and make it gold.&nbsp; Otherwise, use a little eye which is better than a star anyway.&quot;</span></i>]&nbsp; 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.&quot;</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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