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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KMAG100, post: 2715212, member: 75127&quot;]<img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Jefferson%20Nickels%20Raw/ToningScale.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Jefferson%20Nickels%20Raw/ToningScaleFirst.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Jefferson%20Nickels%20Raw/ToningScaleLast.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The point of this graphic is to show how different coins present a problem to the graders.&nbsp; The far left coin will get bagged for questionable toning 10 out of 10 times.&nbsp; The far right coin will grade problem free 10 out of 10 times.&nbsp; But what about the 1963 with the Borderline QT/MA tag, how often will that grade problem free?&nbsp; The coin currently resides in an MS67* holder but if I cracked it out and resubmitted it, my guess is that it doesn&#039;t grade more than 20% of the time.&nbsp; While Jefferson Nickels can exhibit pretty dramatic toning, the pattern and color scheme on this coin don&#039;t match with what is usually found on album toned Jeffersons.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>While I completely agree that the AT example is AT.......To me.....However I think it has a real goods shot to be straight graded by one major TPG, while the other major TPG would call it UNC details AT..The other two in the top line, I believe would straight grade for one TPG and the other TPG would probably not straight grade 50% or higher.&nbsp; I agree with your thoughts that QT/MA coin with the current TPA&#039;s slab it appears to reside in would only make straight grade maybe 20% of the time.&nbsp; However I think the other major TPG would slab it at a much higher rate 80%+.&nbsp;&nbsp; Always an interesting topic.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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