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Message:: [QUOTE="imrich, post: 1299385, member: 22331"]Hmmmm!, How To Explain. Others are probably more proficient at describing "market grading", but simply stated in laymans' terms, "OVER-GRADING". This process is incomprehensible to most, seemingly ignoring all established logical standards. Quite often the TPG (Third Party Grader) will completely ignore their published standards, "overgrading" by several grades. If you were to review some of my posts you would have seen many examples, but with experience and education I believe you'll learn what to expect.Many deny, and support this process, which is often financially beneficial to sellers. Organizations will tout the benefit of a certified product, selling same at relatively extreme profit, based on the grade awarded and an often fictitious "Price Guide". Uneducated Buyers are normally unaware of their poor investment until trying to liquidate where they are informed of some nebulous standard which subjectively "dictates" appreciable pricing discount for the potential buyer. As I've aforestated, TPG is an acronym or initialism for Third Party Grader. The four currently prevalent TPG (per 11/4/11 CDN report) are the firms with commonly know acronyms or initialisms: NGC, PCGS, ICG, ANACS. There currently are many counterfeit Double Eagle "replicas" being sold throughout the world, encased in copied TPG enclosures. Hopefully your learning process will be less expensive than mine.:thumb:[/QUOTE]