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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2471358, member: 24314&quot;]<span style="color: #b30000">I have a reality check for all you kiddies.&nbsp; Go to any major coin show and Ill show you thousands of straight graded coins on this list that TPGS&#039;s claim they don&#039;t holder: </span></p><p><br /></p><p><i>No Grades</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>82 Filed Rims Rim(s) and/or edge is filed.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>83 Peeling Lamination Potential for sealing damage.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>84 Holed and/or Plugged Any filled or non-filled hole.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>91|N-1 Questionable/Artificial Toning (or Questionable Color for copper)</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>93|N-3 Planchet Flaw - Metal impurity or defect in the planchet – </i></p><p><i><span style="color: #59b300">depends on severity</span></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>94|N-4 Altered Surface - Whizzed, harsh cleaning, thumbed over </i></p><p><i>(using a pasty substance to cover defects or alter the appearance).</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>95|N-5 Scratch - <span style="color: #59b300">depends on the severity</span> of the scratch. Rim dent.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>97|N-7 Environmental Damage – i.e. corrosion, coating (lacquer), </i></p><p><i>excessively heavy toning, etc.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>98|N-8 Damage – deliberate surface damage, i.e. graffiti, spot(s) removed, </i></p><p><i>etc. – <span style="color: #59b300">depends on severity</span></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>99|N-9 PVC (Poly-Vinyl-Chloride) – a plasticizer used to produce vinyl that </i></p><p><i>will leach out of the holder and onto the coin, eventually damaging the </i></p><p><i>surfaces.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Also note the &quot;<span style="color: #00b300">wiggle room</span>.&quot; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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