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<p>[QUOTE="huntsman53, post: 363906, member: 1242"]Mark,</p><p><br /></p><p>I copied and pasted the pictures of the coin to my PC, enhanced and brightened them and blew them up and I can see nothing that would hold the coin back from an MS-64! In fact, if it were not for a few little nicks and light scratches here and there, I believe that it would go MS-65. I am fully aware of stacking/cabinet friction/rub on Liberty's face and bust area that you are talking about and which will keep a coin from getting a higher grade but if there is any on this coin, I cannot see it!</p><p><br /></p><p>I only use the "I wonder what the PCGS Graders were smoking when they pegged that coin with an MS-62 grade???!!!" statement out of frustration with how conservative PCGS has and is becoming with their grading! It seems that they constantly undergrade coins these days and have become even more conservative when giving out grades within the last year or so. We all know what overgrading can do to a TPG's trust and business, well constantly ungrading coins by one to two grades can do the same thing! You just can't always worry about overgrading a coin to protect a Company from claims of financial loss due to an overgrade and constantly screw your' customers (submitters) at the same time.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Frank[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="huntsman53, post: 363906, member: 1242"]Mark, I copied and pasted the pictures of the coin to my PC, enhanced and brightened them and blew them up and I can see nothing that would hold the coin back from an MS-64! In fact, if it were not for a few little nicks and light scratches here and there, I believe that it would go MS-65. I am fully aware of stacking/cabinet friction/rub on Liberty's face and bust area that you are talking about and which will keep a coin from getting a higher grade but if there is any on this coin, I cannot see it! I only use the "I wonder what the PCGS Graders were smoking when they pegged that coin with an MS-62 grade???!!!" statement out of frustration with how conservative PCGS has and is becoming with their grading! It seems that they constantly undergrade coins these days and have become even more conservative when giving out grades within the last year or so. We all know what overgrading can do to a TPG's trust and business, well constantly ungrading coins by one to two grades can do the same thing! You just can't always worry about overgrading a coin to protect a Company from claims of financial loss due to an overgrade and constantly screw your' customers (submitters) at the same time. Frank[/QUOTE]
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