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<p>[QUOTE="Sundance79, post: 2977285, member: 84413"]You are right. But I think the system used then had many flaws and it wasn't marketed very well. I think that with the advances in hardware and software a much better system could be developed.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think a Sheldon system isn't bad, but not perfect by any means. But in this age where buying online is becoming more and more common we need some sort of system for some level of protection for both the buyer and the seller. Even if there was some sort of computer/software grading system, it would still have a human element involved. However, I think the big advantage would be it would be much more consistent. Computers don't have good days and bad days. They don't worry about paying for their kids college or that it's Friday with an hour left before quitting and they still have 100 coins to grade before going home. </p><p><br /></p><p>So with a computer, whatever their human master inputted as a baseline for a grade of coin would be consistent coin after coin after coin. And it's those inconsistencies we now have that drive everyone crazy when it comes to third party grading.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sundance79, post: 2977285, member: 84413"]You are right. But I think the system used then had many flaws and it wasn't marketed very well. I think that with the advances in hardware and software a much better system could be developed. I think a Sheldon system isn't bad, but not perfect by any means. But in this age where buying online is becoming more and more common we need some sort of system for some level of protection for both the buyer and the seller. Even if there was some sort of computer/software grading system, it would still have a human element involved. However, I think the big advantage would be it would be much more consistent. Computers don't have good days and bad days. They don't worry about paying for their kids college or that it's Friday with an hour left before quitting and they still have 100 coins to grade before going home. So with a computer, whatever their human master inputted as a baseline for a grade of coin would be consistent coin after coin after coin. And it's those inconsistencies we now have that drive everyone crazy when it comes to third party grading.[/QUOTE]
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