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Message:: [QUOTE="baseball21, post: 2324477, member: 76863"]I disagree from personal experience with them.  I would agree eye appeal won't save a coin that was graded horrendously, but barring a super strong technical coin if it's not the look they like being okay for the grade won't get it a bean. Yes and no.  If it is average usually not from my experience.  Technically strong with an original look sure, but in all honesty it seems to depend on the series.  Bust halves, early copper, gold, and Ike's they are brutally hard on.  MS 65 and higher P mint Ikes may be one of their most miserable sticker rates outside of gold. I do completely agree though that we make far to many concrete decisions based off of pictures. I also agree eye appeal is not a set standard.  Some people like blast white, some like color, some like originality, I am not arguing they are right or wrong in a lot of instances however certain series like gold the bean is a massive selling point.  I will be in the minority for this, but depending on the grade there are some I do actually love.  A dark XF I could be all over, but yes I do agree a 66 would make me go hmm. I cannot disagree with that, however grading standards are a huge factor here.  Granted a AU 53 that's netted to a 45/40 quickly becomes a gem if eye appeal does it, but at the same time something is very unlikely to be strong for the grade if eye appeal is part of the grading.[/QUOTE]