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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TubeRider, post: 2309952, member: 76481&quot;]OK, I am completely confused by something regarding TPG&#039;s.&nbsp; It is continually referenced on this thread and others that TPG&#039;s, in order to give higher grades whenever possible, have blurred the lines with everything we have been discussing about cabinet, stacking friction etc. etc.&nbsp; This whole notion 100% contradicts what my entire class was told (reluctantly dragged out in an argument) by <i><u>two</u>,</i> <u>well seasoned</u> PCGS graders at the ANA Summer Seminar.&nbsp; I do not remember the coin or the grade but here is what happened:&nbsp; At the Summer Seminar they basically cover the grade on the slabs, 20 or so at a time, and you have X amount of time to determine a grade on that coin before passing to the person next to you.&nbsp; After everyone has graded the group of coins, the instructors then each take a stab at the concealed grade (very often disagreeing with each other and/or the slabbed grade) before removing the tape and projecting the grade on a screen and then discussing the coin.&nbsp; Late in the week we were all getting fairly good at this little game of guess the grade when a coin went through that the vast majority of the class missed <i><u>one grade</u></i> high (lets just say we were arguing between 64 and 65) of the encapsulated PCGS grade.&nbsp; Things got a bit heated as the class and the instructors argued about the grade of the coin, everything we had learned screamed that this coin was a 65! I admit, this class was Grading <i>U.S. Coins Session 1</i> but there was some well seasoned veterans in there, dealers, shop owners and a few that had completed all the grading classes and were taking them again.&nbsp; The more experienced class members were arguing the hardest and were not at all satisfied at the reasons given for a 64 grade! What was then said completely baffled me and has bugged me to this day.&nbsp; In a definitively frustrated and raised voice the instructor finally ended the argument when he said something <i>very, very</i> close to, <b>&#039;Look, we can&#039;t &#039;5&#039; this coin, it&#039;s a $15,000 jump between grades.....<u>look at a price guide every once in a while people!&#039;</u></b><i> </i></p><p><i>I&#039;ll just put on my helmet, crawl into my bunker and watch the action through my periscope!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie71" alt=":peeking:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; </i></p><p><i>Happy New Year!! Have fun guys! </i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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