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<p>[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 2121260, member: 15309"]In my experience, both PCGS & NGC tend to ignore unattractive toning rather than penalize for it unless the toning impacts the luster on the coin. Personally, I wouldn't mind if they penalized for ugliness, but they just don't do it.</p><p><br /></p><p>With regards to the 46 Rosy, you are welcome to your opinion but I paid $82 for it and sold it for $95. Without the toning, it would be lucky to yield $15. The reason is simple. Not very many look like this:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Roosevelt%20Dimes%204%20Sale/RooseveltDime1946NGCMS65Star2237-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>but millions look like this:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://dyn2.heritagestatic.com/lf?set=path%5B7%2F1%2F8%2F6%2F7186905%5D%2Csizedata%5B840x2000%5D&call=url%5Bfile%3Aproduct.chain%5D" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I hate to tell you, but I think most people would find that coin attractive, NGC certainly did. I can tell you from personal experience, it is not easy to get a star designation from NGC.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 2121260, member: 15309"]In my experience, both PCGS & NGC tend to ignore unattractive toning rather than penalize for it unless the toning impacts the luster on the coin. Personally, I wouldn't mind if they penalized for ugliness, but they just don't do it. With regards to the 46 Rosy, you are welcome to your opinion but I paid $82 for it and sold it for $95. Without the toning, it would be lucky to yield $15. The reason is simple. Not very many look like this: [IMG]http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Roosevelt%20Dimes%204%20Sale/RooseveltDime1946NGCMS65Star2237-1.jpg[/IMG] but millions look like this: [IMG]http://dyn2.heritagestatic.com/lf?set=path%5B7%2F1%2F8%2F6%2F7186905%5D%2Csizedata%5B840x2000%5D&call=url%5Bfile%3Aproduct.chain%5D[/IMG] I hate to tell you, but I think most people would find that coin attractive, NGC certainly did. I can tell you from personal experience, it is not easy to get a star designation from NGC.[/QUOTE]
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