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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gregg, post: 3200345, member: 90419&quot;]Meh. It is just something to discuss.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are many things that discount my opinion on the matter.</p><p>1: I&#039;m new.</p><p>2: I detest Franklins</p><p>3: I don&#039;t have the coin in hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>I honestly don&#039;t care if people throw bricks of cash into the fireplace.</p><p>It is their money, they can value stuff any way they want to value stuff.</p><p><br /></p><p>Where it touches me, as someone who is learning, is how am I to calibrate my grading skills?&nbsp; I&#039;ve turned down Peace Dollars with that many bag marks as not being MS65 - so when I see this coin I have to decide if I&#039;m going to readjust my calibration or decide the grade is nonsense.</p><p><br /></p><p>I went with nonsense.</p><p><br /></p><p>The photo shows too many bag marks for a MS67+ by a long shot - toning doesn&#039;t fix bag marks, IMHO.&nbsp; Now if PCGS is comfortable taking a coin from MS66 all the way to MS67+ with that many bag marks - and if they can get people to buy into that - fine, but I don&#039;t have to believe that is credible.&nbsp; Nobody else is hurt if I don&#039;t believe it.&nbsp; Really, no big deal.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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