No...no... not another company... get real -- there is only ONE grading service company... maybe two...

Haven't we all had a coin or three body bagged for a reason we didn't agree with?? Haven't we ALL received coins graded less than what we thought it should?? (and in fairness, we have had coins graded HIGHER too, but that is not the point of this diatribe)

I would like to see an optional, fee paid, service called "Summary Grading". This would include, again, for a fee, 4 digital pics, 2 obv and 2 rev, and a short explanation of WHY a coin received the grade it did, or perhaps why it didn't get the next higher grade... you know... We would like to see, visually, WHY a coin gets it's grade.

Most people will say that grading is "subjective", yet there are established grading standards for each and every grade... there is no subjectivity in this set of standards... so I think that if we pay for the extra service... say... 10 bucks per coin (5 would be better)we get digital pics of the coin PLUS an explanation of the reason for a coin's grade.

If you think this is a good idea, let's bombard NGC with the idea, and see if it can be implemented.

This is graded MS70 by NGC. Gold at its finest.

2004 $5 Ea