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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 3223310, member: 15309&quot;]There is a huge difference between circulated and uncirculated coins.&nbsp; The elements of grading are surface preservation, strike, luster, and eye appeal.&nbsp; Uncirculated coins are market graded taking all of these factors into consideration.&nbsp; Circulated coins don&#039;t have luster (except AU grades) or eye appeal as they rarely have attractive toning.&nbsp; So it stands to reason that surface preservation basically determines the grade of the coin in the circulated grade.&nbsp; Basically, it comes down to the loss of details and whether the cause was strike related or wear related.</p><p><br /></p><p>It seems you are complaining that the TPGs don&#039;t expand their market grading system to reward &quot;original surfaces?&quot;&nbsp; Well guess what, they don&#039;t do that in the uncirculated grades either.&nbsp; There are probably millions of dipped uncirculated coins residing in TPG plastic right next to the mint state coins with original skins and they are usually graded equally.&nbsp; The only time the dipped coin is punished is when the dipping impairs the luster of the coin.&nbsp; Since you can&#039;t impair the luster of a circulated coin, there is no penalty for the dipped circulated coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>In other words, the TPGs are consistent.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>When you post statements like this, it leaves me with two thoughts.&nbsp; First, I don&#039;t at all believe your statement that you think the TPGs are correct 95% of the time.&nbsp; Second, your judgement of any TPG grade is solely dependent upon how it relates to your assigned grade.&nbsp; In other words, you think your grade is correct 100% of the time and the TPG grade is correct only when they agree with you.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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