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<p>[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 3504158, member: 15309"]It’s nice to see that you admit that the “wear is wear” philosophy occasionally creates a severe grading problem. As for how to address the problem, I’m fine with how the TPGs do it. They simply refer to high point friction with the absence of field friction for certain series as “roll friction” instead of classifying it as wear. </p><p><br /></p><p>Having a few circulated coins grade as MS because they were mistaken for a coin with “roll friction” is far preferable than any Saint that looks like the second one I posted above grade as an AU coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>You seem to want a system that provides an avenue to achieve perfection. That doesn’t exist, and even if it did, the inherent subjectivity in grading would make grading perfection impossible. The best you can do is understand the TPG grading practices and then apply your more stringent grading philosophy to eliminate coins that you disagree with the assigned grade.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 3504158, member: 15309"]It’s nice to see that you admit that the “wear is wear” philosophy occasionally creates a severe grading problem. As for how to address the problem, I’m fine with how the TPGs do it. They simply refer to high point friction with the absence of field friction for certain series as “roll friction” instead of classifying it as wear. Having a few circulated coins grade as MS because they were mistaken for a coin with “roll friction” is far preferable than any Saint that looks like the second one I posted above grade as an AU coin. You seem to want a system that provides an avenue to achieve perfection. That doesn’t exist, and even if it did, the inherent subjectivity in grading would make grading perfection impossible. The best you can do is understand the TPG grading practices and then apply your more stringent grading philosophy to eliminate coins that you disagree with the assigned grade.[/QUOTE]
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