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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2559768, member: 24314&quot;]This is EITHER a &quot;mechanical error&quot;&nbsp; (don&#039;t think so) or it is similar to the &quot;Genuine Only&quot; tier.&nbsp; Very often, the latter is used to slab a coin as genuine that has problems which would call for a &quot;Details&quot; grade.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>IMHO, the coin in the OP is <span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">OVER GRADED</span> - big time!&nbsp; This type of crap results because &quot;they all are like this&quot;; &quot;it&#039;s pretty good for the issue&quot;; and &quot;the coin is worth XF money&quot; syndrome that results from market grading, net grading, and &quot;extensive knowledge of the issue&quot; grading.&nbsp; IMO, they all suck!&nbsp; And to call that <span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">DAMAGED SURFACE</span> anything close to a <span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">4</span> is to make a mockery of the entire surface designation system. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s take the OP coin over graded as an XF.&nbsp; If all the dealers, graders, and collectors that know the series agree that the coin is XF and this coin is a really high end example of these coins; what happens years from now if a hoard is found of beautiful XF/AU non-porous examples are found?&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 179, 89)">I&#039;m in favor of grading ancients as an aid to less knowledgeable folks</span>; however, you guys are slowly winning me over to : <span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 179)">NO SLABS</span> for ancients. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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