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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevereecy, post: 839292, member: 19884&quot;]Very, very interesting thought here. There are lots of coins that have a ridiculous price jump when they go from MS64 to MS65. I wonder if one could anticipate that the standards will someday relax for our chocolate friends and start hoarding the MS64 browns. Or will they have to keep this standard forever in the face of what some (Ok...just me) think is wrong?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Why is it wrong? There is already a marketplace differential for red cents versus brown cents, right? So if you have a &quot;barely makes it slabbed MS65red&quot;, then it will probably have more contact marks than a shot 64 brown? Are you kidding me? Its essentially penalizing the brown coin twice by putting brown on the holder and giving it a lower grade.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ask yourself this: Can you imagine if non-full step nickels were graded tougher just because they didn&#039;t have the full steps? Might not be the best example because a strong strike is needed to make a coin a &#039;65, but you get my point, right? Sorry...your mercury dime is graded lower than it actually appears because it doesn&#039;t have full bands.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ok...I get that appearance does affect grade, but it seems like double accounting to me. I&#039;m going to look for some of that smooth chocolate and set my alarm for 20 years from now.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Steve[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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