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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2768190, member: 24314&quot;]<span style="color: #0000b3">HawkeEye, posted: &quot;We also assume that the TPG graders are knowledgeable about dies, and I don&#039;t think that is true.&quot;</span> </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; You know what they say about assumptions?</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3">&quot;It seems to me that they often have tunnel vision and evaluate the coin in front of them and not look for outside the box issues.&nbsp; Maybe if they all VAMmed a wider variety of coins these type overlap issues would stand out.&quot;</span></p><p><br /></p><p>Know what.&nbsp; What you say MAY be true for the rookies; but those folks don&#039;t get to grade dollars.&nbsp; I&#039;ll bet a funny thing happens at the TPGS, when you look at thousands and thousands of dollars (perhaps you&#039;ve heard of John Roberts or Randy Campbell) you might recognize some of the characteristics on most dated dollars besides the 81-S!&nbsp; I&#039;ll bet most Morgan collectors even here on CT would know that obverse was on an 84-CC.&nbsp; I did and I don&#039;t collect the things.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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