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<p>[QUOTE="mark_h, post: 2323238, member: 3726"]I am not arguing what TPG's will do - I agree with you on that. What I am saying, and you answered it above - cac will sticker ugly coins. So when people say a coin did not get a sticker because of eye appeal I am going to say it does not come into play. Like you said "a correctly graded" ugly coin will get a sticker. So eye appeal did not come into the grading on that coin. On the flip side I think you might also agree there are some really nice eye-appealing coins out there that did not get a sticker, because they are over graded. Just what you said about tpg's - and yet cac does not sticker them. </p><p><br /></p><p>Don't forget I never said that TPG's or even CAC are infallible. Plus when you look at like the CAC page - it says something like it meets the strict standard for the grade. Me, personally, when I look at a coin I form an opinion on what the grade is - never do I change the grade because it has my kind of eye appeal or lower it because I think it is ugly. I also do not claim to be infallible either.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now when we play guess the TPG grade on the coin - it does come into play and I might very well factor it in on a guess. And yes I will technical grade a coin first and then think about what a tpg will do.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mark_h, post: 2323238, member: 3726"]I am not arguing what TPG's will do - I agree with you on that. What I am saying, and you answered it above - cac will sticker ugly coins. So when people say a coin did not get a sticker because of eye appeal I am going to say it does not come into play. Like you said "a correctly graded" ugly coin will get a sticker. So eye appeal did not come into the grading on that coin. On the flip side I think you might also agree there are some really nice eye-appealing coins out there that did not get a sticker, because they are over graded. Just what you said about tpg's - and yet cac does not sticker them. Don't forget I never said that TPG's or even CAC are infallible. Plus when you look at like the CAC page - it says something like it meets the strict standard for the grade. Me, personally, when I look at a coin I form an opinion on what the grade is - never do I change the grade because it has my kind of eye appeal or lower it because I think it is ugly. I also do not claim to be infallible either. Now when we play guess the TPG grade on the coin - it does come into play and I might very well factor it in on a guess. And yes I will technical grade a coin first and then think about what a tpg will do.[/QUOTE]
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