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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Just Carl, post: 295248, member: 4552&quot;]As far as I&#039;m concerned the entire grading system is stupid. Even way back when there was only things like G, F, Unc, etc. it really made no CENTS. Pun there. If you think about it a coin that used to be G ment Good but when you looked at a G coin it was in reality Poor or Horrible. Good used to mean you can tell it is a coin practically. Slight exageration. I mean even when you had a coin that was Fine, it was in reality just a Nice or Decent appearing coin. I think the old Whitman Red Book started the nonsence of G, F, Unc, etc. stuff. I&#039;ve got all the old ones from #1 to present and even in the Red Book it appears no one knows what they are talking about. In the&nbsp; Red Book there are numerous places where F, VF, Ef are still used. Page 10 attempts to explain Grades but no comparison with EF and EF-45, -48, -XX, etc. I really like their explanation of AG-3. Should really be Y for YUK. </p><p>Soon enough someone will start another grading system where coins will be graded in a 100 scale so that you will have NSG-99 or Not So Good but close. How about MS-99.835. AU-87.924+ or - .002?</p><p>My opinion is to go to all coin web sites and start our own grading system, write books and papers on this and&nbsp; make a fortune and retire and watch all the collectors and dealers trying to&nbsp; unraffle the mess.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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