A Better Grading System...

I have an idea for a company - a new TPG company that is.

I have no real sentiment or relation to the terms used by modern popular tpgs. The old Sheldon scale is worn out.

The letters "MS", "MS detail", "XF", "AG" and so on are outdated, and often illogical. (Especially "AG". What is that "about good"? How often in a conversation do you refer to something as "about good"?)

None of the popular tpgs give any grade to the eye appeal of a coin either, and we all know that there are some pretty icky coins graded "mint state" like nothing's wrong with them.

I propose the beginning of a new company, and with it a new era of coin grading.

We will refer to coins that would have had a "AU" grade as "PS" (pretty shiny), coins that would be normally graded "Poor" or "Fair" will be graded "BW" (bwahahaha) or "GJ" (get a job).

High grade "MS" coins will be called "AY" (aww yeahhh...) and for those very special rainbow toned or "dmpl" (another asinine abbreviation) specimens, we'll put a note underneath the grade that says "BWYLATSB" (boy will you look at that son of a...).

Aside from that, the grading of eye appeal will be quite simple. If you get a frowny face sticker, your coin is ugly. If you get a smiley face sticker, your coin is pretty.

I suspect that soon I will be quite rich from my new grading service, and I will own many many AY - BWYLATSB coins.