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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 8101470, member: 24314&quot;]<i><span style="color: #006600">C-B-D, posted: &quot;Faster and cheaper but also less accurate<b> <font size="6">IMO</font></b>. None are even close to perfect, nor consistent. But there’s a difference. For example:</span></i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1408254[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1408255[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #006633"><i>This is the same coin. All I did was crack and resubmit to NGC. Personally I graded it 58/61 when I bought it.&quot;</i>&nbsp; </span></p><p><br /></p><p>I agree with you.&nbsp; The coin is a very attractive AU-58.&nbsp; It is NOT MS.&nbsp; However, AU coins are commonly graded MS-61, MS-62, and on occasionally higher by the TPGS.&nbsp; This is done mostly to indicate the coin&#039;s eye appeal or <b>value.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Now to the important point.&nbsp; <i><span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)"><b>We can find examples of under graded and over graded coins from </b></span></i><font size="5"><i><span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)"><b>EVERY TPGS. </b></span></i></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000">So slapping examples as this on a thread to make a point about under graded is WORTHLESS IMO because we could start a very long and pointless thread.&nbsp; </span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></font></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font size="4">BTW, ANACS and ICG probably have more coins conservatively graded or &quot;detailed&quot; for problems than the &quot;BIG two.&quot;&nbsp; </font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font size="4"><br /></font></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><font size="4">One more thing to consider with that FE.&nbsp; ANACS may have NET GRADED it for something we don&#039;t see.&nbsp; That&#039;s why Net grading is DUMB,<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> STUPID,<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie96" alt=":vomit:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> and CONFUSING.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; Grading a coin is EXTREMELY simple until YOU TRY TO PLACE A VALUE ON IT.</font></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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