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<p>[QUOTE="Irespire, post: 755644, member: 14858"]I had no idea that that was PCGS' official position; though I have seen a lot of slabbed coins with a big difference in wear on each side (think F-12 obverse and obvious AG reverse)...they're almost always slabbed AG-3 or maybe G-4 at best.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think however that TPG's have it wrong with handing out FR-2 grades to coins I would (most of the time) grade low AG....FR-2 is supposed to mean a substantial amount of central detail lacking based on the original grading standard (if I recall correctly), and not just heavy wear. If a coin has most of the outline still left, it should be graded AG even if much of the periphery is gone. Seen Po-1 coins with substantial detail left also...to me that should be most of the detail gone (and the TPG's are a bit better with this; much of the time it is).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Irespire, post: 755644, member: 14858"]I had no idea that that was PCGS' official position; though I have seen a lot of slabbed coins with a big difference in wear on each side (think F-12 obverse and obvious AG reverse)...they're almost always slabbed AG-3 or maybe G-4 at best. I think however that TPG's have it wrong with handing out FR-2 grades to coins I would (most of the time) grade low AG....FR-2 is supposed to mean a substantial amount of central detail lacking based on the original grading standard (if I recall correctly), and not just heavy wear. If a coin has most of the outline still left, it should be graded AG even if much of the periphery is gone. Seen Po-1 coins with substantial detail left also...to me that should be most of the detail gone (and the TPG's are a bit better with this; much of the time it is).[/QUOTE]
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