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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jaelus, post: 3524502, member: 46237&quot;]The above sums up what I&#039;ve been saying nicely.</p><p><br /></p><p>Grading is not <i>directly</i> about identifying whether or not a coin is mint state or what the state of preservation is. Of course the grade will correspond to quality, and likewise will have a correlation with the coin&#039;s state of preservation. But the grade is about assigning a number that relates to its market value, just like <i>any other graded collectible</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Try explaining to someone in another area of collectibles that you&#039;ve graded their item a 7.0 on a technicality but it&#039;s <i>really worth</i> what a 9.5 would sell for - only an expert would be able to tell though. <b>You would get laughed out of business so fast your head would spin.</b> Yet we put up with this nonsense with the Sheldon scale and accept it because it&#039;s the way it&#039;s been done? That answer is just not good enough.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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