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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 3223517, member: 15309&quot;]There is a big difference between net grading a coin that has &quot;problems&quot; rather than deeming the coin a problem coin and lower grades for dipping which you admit does not make a coin a problem coin.&nbsp; If you have any complaint in this regard, it should be that the net graded coin deserves a details holder instead of a net grade.&nbsp; The problem is that most of these coins have been cleaned and it really is a matter of severity which is, wait for it, SUBJECTIVE!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Easily the most narcissistic comment I have ever read on this forum.&nbsp; You took a grading seminar, so you are the best?&nbsp; Gimmie a break.&nbsp; How many of the professional graders at the TPGs have had tutelage from some of the top numismatists in the world, including guys like John Albanese?&nbsp; My guess, plenty of them have, and all of them have seen more coins, and graded more coins than you have.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Attractive toning is the primary source of eye appeal in uncirculated coins, but even then, the absence of luster makes the color rather mundane and unimpressive.&nbsp; For circulated coins which have no luster, there is very little that can improve the look of the coin.&nbsp; I don&#039;t find dirt, grime, and terminal state toning impressive at all despite the fact that it is evidence of originality.&nbsp; You know what the term &quot;wholly original&quot; implies when used by a coin cataloger?&nbsp; Ugly as sin!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>January 2nd, 2007.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/x2Y66vs.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bought it raw for a Barber Half Dansco I was working on, had it graded before I sold it.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>People who collect toned uncirculated coins also like the fact that the toning represents originality over the untoned widgets turned out by the dipping stations.&nbsp; That said, the majority of toning is neutral with respect to grade.&nbsp; It is only vivid colorful toning that really impacts eye appeal enough to affect the grade of the coin.&nbsp; You don&#039;t see that on circulated coins.&nbsp; What you are describing as eye appeal is just your personal preference.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Again, you have not demonstrated that at all.&nbsp; In the uncirculated grades, the TPGs DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT penalize the grade of a dipped coin unless the dipping impairs the luster of the coin.&nbsp; There are plenty of examples of a dipped coin and toned coin with similar surfaces and luster with the exact same grade.&nbsp; In the circulated grades, coins don&#039;t have luster to impair, so the coins, whether dipped or original, will have the same grade.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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