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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BadThad, post: 14142819, member: 17261&quot;]And this is the reason the TPG&#039;s moved to market acceptability criteria many moons ago. They got burned by slabbing a lot of coins most of us would deem market unacceptable (remember the silver eagles?). The big two have a certain window of acceptability, if a coin doesn&#039;t fall within that window, they will not grade it. One practice I hate is when they label a coin &quot;ARTIFICIAL TONING&quot; since the term is too vague and nobody can confidently state the source or intent of any toning. In a sense <u>ALL TONING is artificial </u>since it&#039;s not supposed to be there as minted.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thankfully, TPG rejection doesn&#039;t mean a rejected coin is unacceptable in the marketplace. This seems to create a lot of confusion for novices. When a TPG rejects a coin <b>all it means is it didn&#039;t fall into their window</b>. Such a rejected coin may still command a marketplace premium as a raw example or in a different TPG&#039;s holder - savvy collectors will vote with their wallets.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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