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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marshall, post: 909170, member: 21705&quot;]F-12 is a good price. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m having difficulty with TPGs because they do upgrade for condition rather than downgrade for lack of condition. I would consider yours a VF25 with choice surfaces because of the lack of hair detail, but I think the value should be where an XF40 with normal surfaces is. I&#039;m probably one of the few who advocates the use of positive net grades for choice coins. I would give it a net VF35 or XF40.</p><p><br /></p><p>The comparison coin I would grade VF20 net F15 for multiple marks with value at VF20-VF25.</p><p><br /></p><p>(steps on soapbox...)</p><p><br /></p><p>You see how ridiculous this gets because the TPGs incorporate value into the grading? I wish they would just go with wear detail grading and adjust everything else (strike, condition, eye appeal, etc) up or down in the net AND no adjustment for keys or rarity. A common VF and a rare VF should be identical and let the market adjust the price for scarcity.</p><p><br /></p><p>What we have now is a Frankensteinian Monster Grading system with a little strike here, a little wear there, a bit of toning left, a bit of color right, a little ding down, a little damage up, a little corrosion around, a little scarcity about and market conditions is what it&#039;s all about.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Steps off soapbox..._[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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