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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 7857501, member: 24314&quot;]I like your post - lots of &quot;meat.&quot;&nbsp; I&#039;ll save myself a lot of time today:&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>An ideal <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie14" alt=":angelic:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> grading system must be <span style="color: #b30000">SIMPLE and PRECISE</span>.&nbsp; Anyone can learn it and it is unchanging over time.&nbsp; Unfortunately, <b>WE DO NOT HAVE such a system</b> but decades ago we came very close.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If you wish to place a value on a MS coin (very complicated and fluctuates for too many reasons INCLUDING WHO OWNS/GRADES IT <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />), there are many variables. The amount of original surface missing due to friction wear, stacking compression, or strike weakness is just one of many characteristics that factor into the opinion of the moment.&nbsp; A famous TPGS professional is reported to have said something like &quot;If a coin is worth grading once it is worth grading several times.&quot;&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie47" alt=":greedy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie47" alt=":greedy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie47" alt=":greedy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>If you wish to identify a coin <b>forever</b> regardless of market conditions or desirability for as long as it stays in the same condition every time you see it (<span style="color: #b30000">PRECISION</span>) , YOU MUST REMOVE (<span style="color: #b30000">SIMPLE</span>) as many &quot;market variables&quot; as possible.&nbsp; That system no longer exists.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for taking the time to post explain your position!&nbsp; I&#039;ll be back.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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