I don't understand how anyone can be in favor of finer grade divisions when the current ones aren't reproducible..
Because, if it's a 64.5, sometimes it will grade 64 and sometimes 65, so it isn't reproducible, because you're limited to a whole number and depending on the team, they will give you the whole number or not, so you can keep sending it back and it will come back 64 or 65 in an arbitrary and capricious manner. But if you can go between the grades, it will more often grade 64.5. THAT will be reproducible, and you can keep sending it back, and it will keep coming back 64.5, because it's neither 64.0 nor 65.0, it's a 64.5.
<< <i>Why do you say that? The big price jumps are caused by demand created by number chasers. Number chasers won't go away, so the demand will still exist for the higher numbers. I don't understand how anyone can be in favor of finer grade divisions when the current ones aren't reproducible.. >>
Because there are more gradients in the scale, the slope will be smoother
For example a MS65 would become an MS92 and MS66 would become MS94 and there are now two points instead of one.
So if a MS65 was worth $500 and a MS66 worth $1000 the new prices would be MS92 = $500, MS93 = $750, MS94= $1000
<< <i>I don't understand how anyone can be in favor of finer grade divisions when the current ones aren't reproducible..
Because, if it's a 64.5, sometimes it will grade 64 and sometimes 65, so it isn't reproducible, because you're limited to a whole number and depending on the team, they will give you the whole number or not, so you can keep sending it back and it will come back 64 or 65 in an arbitrary and capricious manner. But if you can go between the grades, it will more often grade 64.5. THAT will be reproducible, and you can keep sending it back, and it will keep coming back 64.5, because it's neither 64.0 nor 65.0, it's a 64.5. >>
Having more grading points won't make it more accurate. Your 64.5 will also come back 63, 63.5, no grade and 58, too. And after the 30th submission when it comes back 65, it will be locked into an overgraded holder. In this case, the 1/2 point divisions may cause more gradeflation and unsalable overgraded coins than currently exist.
my hunch is that this is just the start of the dis-information campaign i forecast. at any rate, if the opinions of this forum mean squat, it should be apparent that most are against any change and that the root justification for any change is strictly financial enhancement
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Because, if it's a 64.5, sometimes it will grade 64 and sometimes 65, so it isn't reproducible, because you're limited to a whole number and depending on the team, they will give you the whole number or not, so you can keep sending it back and it will come back 64 or 65 in an arbitrary and capricious manner. But if you can go between the grades, it will more often grade 64.5. THAT will be reproducible, and you can keep sending it back, and it will keep coming back 64.5, because it's neither 64.0 nor 65.0, it's a 64.5.
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<< <i>Why do you say that? The big price jumps are caused by demand created by number chasers. Number chasers won't go away, so the demand will still exist for the higher numbers. I don't understand how anyone can be in favor of finer grade divisions when the current ones aren't reproducible.. >>
Because there are more gradients in the scale, the slope will be smoother
For example a MS65 would become an MS92 and MS66 would become MS94 and there are now two points instead of one.
So if a MS65 was worth $500 and a MS66 worth $1000 the new prices would be
MS92 = $500, MS93 = $750, MS94= $1000
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<< <i>I don't understand how anyone can be in favor of finer grade divisions when the current ones aren't reproducible..
Because, if it's a 64.5, sometimes it will grade 64 and sometimes 65, so it isn't reproducible, because you're limited to a whole number and depending on the team, they will give you the whole number or not, so you can keep sending it back and it will come back 64 or 65 in an arbitrary and capricious manner. But if you can go between the grades, it will more often grade 64.5. THAT will be reproducible, and you can keep sending it back, and it will keep coming back 64.5, because it's neither 64.0 nor 65.0, it's a 64.5. >>
Having more grading points won't make it more accurate. Your 64.5 will also come back 63, 63.5, no grade and 58, too. And after the 30th submission when it comes back 65, it will be locked into an overgraded holder. In this case, the 1/2 point divisions may cause more gradeflation and unsalable overgraded coins than currently exist.
<< <i>NO !
and there are enough problems already. More numbers=more disagreement.
Actually the current is an 11 point MS system...
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