Comments on: 100-Point Coin Grading Scale Created by Ron Guth

By: JAD

JAD — Sat, 22 Sep 2018 07:30:02 +0000

Sounds like a person that wants to leave there mark on the coin collecting world
What good would a revised grading system do for the hobby?
While I’m on my soap box, what is the reason for PCGS to change their holder so that the new graded coins are too wide to fit in the older PCGS cases. I guess some genius at PCGS whats to sell more plastic. Just what this hobby needs more plastic!

By: RonnieBGood

RonnieBGood — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 22:55:07 +0000

No thank you!
This will only cause more confusion and breed grading scams.
A resounding NO from this collector.

By: Chas Barber

Chas Barber — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 21:32:00 +0000

I made one that goes to 101, 101 is purrfect, like buttah

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 19:11:12 +0000

Why stop at 100? Keep on going higher. You tell me how to tell the difference between a 90 and 100? Just makes the hobby more confusing. Anything for the almighty dollar. Hate to say it, but our hobby is going to self destruct. We need to make the hobby less complicated, not more.

By: NWRobert

NWRobert — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 14:59:58 +0000

In reply to Vachon. So everyone who used the 70 point grading system will have to re-submit to be graded in the 100 point system? Sounds like a money maker for the grading services. You have a coin graded 70? You must re-submit! 80 -100 is the new standard! Kah-ching! Plus we will have a special label for you for an additional $$$ Tsk, tsk.

By: Vachon

Vachon — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 12:03:51 +0000

The 1-70 scale is just our quirky numismatic thing. Decimalizing it really does nothing except take away the scale’s charm. From the way I see things listed, I don’t think Sheldon ever intended the full numerical range of the scale to be used.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 58, 60, 63, 65, and 67 seemed sufficient. Everything else is just splitting hairs.

Personally I never liked that coins were getting 70 grades anyway. 70 seemed more like a theoretical grade than one which could possibly be made by man. If anything should be changed, it should be not giving ultra rare coins far higher grades than they deserve. Like, there’s no way that Farouk 1933 double eagle is MS-65…

By: MJS

MJS — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 11:40:54 +0000

In reply to gary. Gary, I was at a Coin Show last weekend and an ANACs representative there taking submissions said the exact same thing to me regarding 69 vs 70.

By: gary

gary — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 11:28:34 +0000

I don’t see how 30 more points are going to change anything .I still can’t tell the difference between a 69 or 70 so enough already

By: vadim

vadim — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 04:05:19 +0000

In reply to MJS. Lol

By: MJS

MJS — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 01:12:54 +0000

I can see it now – 2020 silver American Eagle in MS 100 for a cool $2 mil on HSN