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<p>[QUOTE="Collect89, post: 467325, member: 15445"]<b>it's just something you have to grade</b></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">We encounter many coins where the grade of the obverse is just plain different that the grade of the reverse. The obverse is the money side of the coin (that is unless you get the TPG to mount the coin with the reverse facing forward). You can't just take a pure mathematical average of the obverse & the reverse. The obverse takes the coin to its final grade. IMO the obverse takes this coin directly to VG. If the reverse was AG then it could drag the grade down a click but I think the reverse makes good. It looks like a great coin AND it is a great coin for a Whitman folder where only the obverse is viewed. </font></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">I can't tell from the photo if there is anything there that might cause ANACS to have net graded it. My guess would have been that there was a VG grade on the ANACS holder.</font></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Very best regards,</font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">collect89</font></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Collect89, post: 467325, member: 15445"][b]it's just something you have to grade[/b] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]We encounter many coins where the grade of the obverse is just plain different that the grade of the reverse. The obverse is the money side of the coin (that is unless you get the TPG to mount the coin with the reverse facing forward). You can't just take a pure mathematical average of the obverse & the reverse. The obverse takes the coin to its final grade. IMO the obverse takes this coin directly to VG. If the reverse was AG then it could drag the grade down a click but I think the reverse makes good. It looks like a great coin AND it is a great coin for a Whitman folder where only the obverse is viewed. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]I can't tell from the photo if there is anything there that might cause ANACS to have net graded it. My guess would have been that there was a VG grade on the ANACS holder.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Very best regards,[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]collect89[/FONT][/COLOR][/QUOTE]
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