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Message:: [QUOTE="Pickin and Grinin, post: 5127957, member: 73995"]I will say that once the TPG's started accepting one type of wear, they opened themselves up to a judgement call of "what kind of wear is it". That's like opening pandora's box.Cabinet frictionStackingone time in a pocketalbum slidesOne of these type of things has happened with most every coin in our collections. Does that make it an acceptible form of wear?If you say yes, I don't blame you. I want that coin I bought for MS money to be graded MS.But in all reality it is still a form of wear under the definition. MS grades were designed to eliminate any confusion of discernable wear. That is what AU is for. What we are really talking about here is the the appearance of rub on the high points, more than a luster break or a ding from another coin, It is a dull or lifeless appearance.My point is as soon as the line is blurred. It creates confusion as to what is acceptable wear and what isn't.I would rather see an coin be graded for what it is. Not for it's value. The market controls that. And if that means dealers asking 63 64 and 65 money for them, then so be it.So, just because the the value doesn't drop evenly from grade to grade. The TPS need to call them what they aren't? What should be done is a break down of the AU grade especially AU55 thru AU58+. This would remove all the BS of "is this a slider?". I also think the market would thrive with stricter guidelines and a little less subjectivity.[/QUOTE]