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Posted By: Gilbert Maines

but quite another thing to propose a viable alternate set of standards. Heck, as a group we can not approach agreement on card definition and many other basic considerations related to our hobby. I can not imagine that we could achieve any better results with this, but I want to.

Id like to address the area I am least knowledgable about and also least interested in first: the higher grades.

In another thread I made statements which infer that two basic conditions exist for a card (or any collectable): mint and used. To be used, the collectable must reach the public. Until it does, it is in mint conditiion.

Mint condition can be defined in many subdivisions of manufacturing inadequacies, after product manufacture damage and perhaps other quality impairments.

Before I go on off the deep end alone, does anyone agree with this concept, disagree with it, want to hear more, less, or change the channel?