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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 7859068, member: 24314&quot;]Jaelus, posted: &quot;I&#039;ve read your explanations about grading history before, and I&#039;m familiar with the origins of the Sheldon scale and its purpose.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><b>I believe that you <i><span style="color: #b30000">think</span></i> you did that.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>As I went over in a previous post, the less percentage of wear a coin has, the less a grade based on wear describes the condition of preservation, until you get to the point where at AU58, the grade gives virtually no information on the condition of preservation.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you can refute my explanation of this concept in my earlier post, I&#039;d love to read it, but I think my adding a touch of cabinet rub to an MS70 vs to an MS60 illustrates the point irrefutably.</p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="color: #660033">Your &quot;point&quot; only illustrates that you were never properly instructed; yet I&#039;ll bet if we were face to face we would agree on most of what you have written.&nbsp; Many of your comments in this discussion are EXCELENT describing your opinion.&nbsp; </span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #660033"><br /></span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #660033">Unfortunately, this post is … [<span style="color: #663300">self edit</span>].&nbsp;&nbsp; It proves to me that the state of numismatic education in this country is very poor.</span></i>&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="color: #660033">A perfect (no longer the case for many modern 70s) coin that I slide across the floor so that it shows a slight amount of friction on its high points IS NO LONGER PERFECT or in the Mint State condition it was originally.&nbsp; Your belief or opinion or that of a TPGS <b>does not change that fact.</b>&nbsp; </span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #660033"><br /></span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: #660033">Now, you can either accept that or not.&nbsp; Frankly, I don&#039;t care, but I will continue to refute any uninformed nonsense you post and praise any excellent comments when I get around to reading your comments at the beginning as I promised.&nbsp; </span></i></p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="color: #660033"><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> As for this nonsense</span></i>: &quot;<b>I believe that you <i><span style="color: #b30000">think</span></i> you did that.&quot;</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><i><span style="color: #660033">I&#039;ve only worked with one &quot;rookie&quot; and it was not you.&nbsp; So I know I/we did it for fifteen years and I could teach you very quickly how simple and precise it was.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></i></p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="color: #660033">PS&nbsp; The Sheldon Scale HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE REASON COINS WERE DESCRIBED (graded) long before he was born!!!!!!&nbsp; That&#039;s a beginning YN Coin Grading subject</span></i>.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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