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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;eddiespin, post: 2091729, member: 4920&quot;]Jaelus, the TPGs can never &quot;get it wrong,&quot; not when they&#039;re market grading for the market for <i>their</i> slabs. These ANA market grading standards Doug is purporting to hold the TPGs to and judge their market grades by are irrational. I agree with you, the TPGs shouldn&#039;t be held to those irrational standards. They should be given license to make up their own irrational standards. Let me explain that, better, thusly. Take the ANA technical grading standards. Unlike the ANA market grading standards, the ANA didn&#039;t just pull those out of their hat. <i>Those are rational standards related to how coins wear</i>. The ANA didn&#039;t just make up those standards, then try to impose them on everybody. The ANA simply observed the rational standards and categorized them for everybody. When the ANA went market grading, they went silly. Well, guess what, the ANA isn&#039;t the only one with eyes? Once the ANA opened that door, that grades can be tied to eye appeal, that&#039;s when everything fell apart. No longer can <i>anybody</i> hold <i>anybody</i> to any grades, provided they both have eyes that can see. Bottom-line, what makes the ANA&#039;s irrational standards any the more legitimate than those of the TPGs? If one is going to answer, &quot;Because the ANA is the ANA,&quot; sorry, not good enough.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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