Bicentennial Quarter For Grading

And I know what you mean about the weak strike possibly being a factor in the grade. I've heard that from YouTuber BlueRidgeSilverHound as well. I've also had many people telling me that the grade of a coin is only affected by damage received after the coin has been successfully minted. This makes sense because if the former were true, particular error varieties and Vams should also receive a lower grade in comparison to the metaphorical "Vam-1".

But I can understand your assumptions because nowhere have I seen the companies suggest one way or the other. It's all just "subjective" which means absolutely nothing. They could have it one way or the other, but the fact that they don't gives me much concern, as it should for everybody here. There is a lot of money riding on these discrepancies, and it shouldn't be hard letting people know the truth.

Fenton - There are many ways to retaliate if the coin community gets fed up enough with it. Like Earle said, they could easily adapt a technology that adds precision to grading, but the only thing they've implemented thus far is a better way to track the coins.. basically something nobody asked for.