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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 3520797, member: 24314&quot;]This will not happen as it was tried by the ANA in CO on their certificates at one time.</p><p><br /></p><p>IMO &quot;true&quot; technical grading as used VERY SUCCESSFULLY long ago to describe a coin&#039;s condition of preservation was very easy to learn and apply.&nbsp; It was also more precise as virtually ALL of the subjectivity was removed!&nbsp;&nbsp; A coin&#039;s eye appeal, strike and especially its <b>VALUE </b>(<span style="color: #b30059">the</span> <span style="color: #b30059">BIGGEST MONKEY WRENCH </span>to any grading system) did not play a part in its grade that was recorded to ID it.&nbsp; Any unusual strike characteristic was mentioned separately - strong or weak - along with anything else such as splotchy toning, corrosion, holes, etc.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If this technical system (used for internal records at ANACS while in DC and at the first TPGS - INSAB up until I left) had been adopted by the geniuses who wrote the ANA&#039;s Official Grading Guide, then coins would have been graded EXACTLY the same today as in the 1970&#039;s and <span style="color: #660033">ONLY their VALUE</span> (as established up or down by the commercial coin market) <span style="color: #660033">would have changed.&nbsp; </span></p><p><br /></p><p>Additionally, the <b><i><span style="color: #b30000">stupid</span></i></b> folly of connecting the number of marks on a coin and the amount of wear on it within each grade as expressed by &quot;typical&quot; or &quot;choice&quot; would not generate the confusion it has to new students.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Think about it, marks are easy to quantify, the strike is easy to quantify, luster is easy to quantify, and the amount of wear is easy to quantify.&nbsp; I can teach anyone with good attention to detail and eyesight how to grade coins &quot;technically&quot; in a short period of time.&nbsp; What they will not learn without a great deal of effort is a coin&#039;s value as EVERY AU/MS 1884-S $1 will have a different value no matter what its true &quot;technical condition&quot; is![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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