A pondering on the invention of new grades
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Followup to a recent Longacre question thread...
Suppose that in 1977 Tom Delorey invented the MS68 grade instead of the MS67 grade for an intermediate between 65 and 70, as he sometimes says he should have. How would the world of numismatic grading evolved differently, if at all? Would "69" have a "wider" range? Would "66" and "67" have narrower ranges? With all the grade inflation, would we have just reached the same point we are today, just by a different way? Would something completely different have happened?
Suppose that in 1977 Tom Delorey invented the MS68 grade instead of the MS67 grade for an intermediate between 65 and 70, as he sometimes says he should have. How would the world of numismatic grading evolved differently, if at all? Would "69" have a "wider" range? Would "66" and "67" have narrower ranges? With all the grade inflation, would we have just reached the same point we are today, just by a different way? Would something completely different have happened?
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Ed. S.
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