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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;eddiespin, post: 419748, member: 4920&quot;]Just for the record I&#039;ll take what you say based off just a lousy photo over what <i>any </i>of these so-called &quot;market graders&quot; say. That said, however, this <i>is</i> a strong indictment. Let me see if I can&#039;t make some rhyme or reason out of what happened, here.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s accept this coin &quot;market grades&quot; mint state, no trace of wear. After all, who are we to question a TPG&#039;s &quot;market grade?&quot; I&#039;ve seen, maybe, a handful. The next guy, maybe, a bigger slice, two or three handfuls. These guys, all they do in life...their only contribution to society, their only claim to fame (put it however you want)...is, they look at comparables, all day long, and, track market trends. They&#039;re looking at the same factors as we are...however, they&#039;re <i>not </i>grading as we are. Their grading focus, rather, is on where this coin reasonably fits in the marketplace, against all the comparables in their databases, and at all the various grades. This one, they conclude, rates a &quot;market-adjusted 64.&quot; All well and good. Now all of us get to work backwards and <i>rationalize </i>how they arrived at that grade, based on the grading factors aforementioned in this thread.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just my humble opinion, now; still say I really like this one, though...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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