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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 3218792, member: 24314&quot;]This is not the 1950&#039;s!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Using <b>MODERN GRADING STANDARDS</b> (2018) the coin is <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)">under-graded</span>. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>IMHO, this was <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)">NOT</span> a grading error on their part.&nbsp; I&#039;ll bet they <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <i><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)">NET GRADED</span></i> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie96" alt=":vomit:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> the coin to reflect its value.&nbsp; I see scratches.</p><p><br /></p><p>And that folks illustrates two major problems <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> with coin grading as practiced today:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Stupid <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie98" alt=":wacky:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> net grading makes the TPGS look like a bunch of ignorant, non-collectors who know nothing <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> about coins, strike, original surfaces, etc....and</p><p><br /></p><p>2. When the value of a coin is used to assign the grade rather than its <span style="color: #b300b3">condition of preservation from when it left the dies</span>, <i>something <b>extremely simple</b></i> - grading a coin - becomes so complicated it can be confusing.&nbsp;&nbsp; Excellent example.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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