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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 3526314, member: 15309&quot;]The system isn&#039;t broken at all.&nbsp; We grade coins based on differences in quality.&nbsp; Those with a higher level of quality get the higher grades.&nbsp; What you complain about is the lack of transparency in how the TPGs arrived at the conclusion that they did.&nbsp; But if they provided you with more information, you would simply complain that their evaluation is incorrect.&nbsp; In short, your standard for grading is that you are correct 100% of the time, and that if anyone dares disagree with you, including the TPGs, by default, they must be wrong. </p><p><br /></p><p>And this crap about me simply agreeing with whatever the TPGs do is just that, CRAP!&nbsp; I have stated many times in the past that I would like to see the TPGs assign a numerical grade for each of the four elements of grading.&nbsp; I also suggested that they assign specific weighting to each of the elements and then publish that as a recognized standard.&nbsp; That way, they could simply include the four numbers on the back of the label in fine print and everyone could understand how they arrived at the final grade on the slab.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lastly, my comment about &quot;depressing&quot; and &quot;tragic&quot; referred to a grading concept that is so elementary that it was simply incredible that anyone on this forum would not be able to comprehend it.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>So what you are saying is that you know what they are doing, you can accept what they are doing, but because they have failed to disclose any/all changes to their grading standards publicly, you believe that consumer confidence in the TPGs has been shaken to its core!&nbsp; I call that synthetic indignation.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>No, you want them beholden to your standards, because you disagree with their standards.&nbsp; Standards which are proprietary that they are not required to disclose.&nbsp; Furthermore, every coin is seen by at least 3 graders, and the guys grading the &quot;high end&quot; coins you are talking about have more years of experience grading coins than you have alive.&nbsp; It isn&#039;t butt kissing to trust career numismatists over a disgruntled kid on the internet.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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