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Message:: [QUOTE="physics-fan3.14, post: 2323009, member: 19165"](Almost) Every grading book since the late '80's has included "eye appeal" as one of the attributes which drives the grade of a coin. Eye appeal is absolutely one facet of grading. A coin which is otherwise a 65 will definitely get bumped down to 64 if it has poor eye appeal, and will get bumped up to 66 if it has great eye appeal. If you question that, you really don't understand how the TPG's work. Yes, it is subjective, and yes, it is an opinion. That is why there is an "art" to the "science" of grading coins. The TPGs use "market grading," which attempts to place a value on a coin. The value, as you will agree, is based in part on the eye appeal of a coin. "Technical grading," such as used by EAC, does not include eye appeal as a factor in grading. The 1827 half didn't get a sticker because it has been cleaned/dipped and retoned. CAC values originality above anything else. It doesn't have great eye appeal, but CAC will sticker ugly coins if they are original and in the upper 2/3 of the grade bracket. They will not (usually) sticker coins that have been cleaned. Edited to add: oops, just noticed you were talking about the 1837 half, not the '27. I'm guessing that there is something hiding in the pictures on the '37 that is more apparent in hand. Not entirely sure why it didn't sticker - but my comments regarding eye appeal and grading above still stand.[/QUOTE]