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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 2471847, member: 112"]I don't think there's anybody who knows coins who would disagree with you on that. Yes, all of the TPGs have slabbed and graded thousands of problem coins that never should have been graded to begin with. And anyone who knows coins easily recognizes them as such. But that has nothing to do with the issue we are talking about here. Those are nothing more than cases of the TPGs saying - oh that's not a problem coin, we can grade that one. Just like they do with AU coins when they say - oh that's not really wear on that coin, we can grade that one MS. In other words they are making a conscious decision to ignore the problem just like they ignore the wear. But have you ever noticed when (on which coins) they decide to ignore the problem, and when they don't ? Ahhh - now there's the rub - and yes pun intended. The issue we are talking about here is one of the basic tenets of coin grading, part of the very foundation of coin grading, that has been with us since the beginning of coin grading itself. That being that problem coins cannot be graded. But you are welcome to your opinion that problem coins can be graded. But you cannot deny that the vast majority of the numismatic community, including the TPGs, disagree with you.[/QUOTE]