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<p>[QUOTE="ddddd, post: 3601868, member: 22377"]What people spend doesn’t bother me either. I might wonder about the thought process that led to a certain bid or think that the price was too high, but I’m fine with others spending their own money how they want to.</p><p><br /></p><p>What bothers me is the inconsistency with the TPGs and even CAC. Small grade swings are to be expected, but when a coin goes from a common 67 to a 68+ top pop, that makes one wonder. Multiple graders looked at the coin one day and saw it as a 67 but a short time later saw it as a 67+ and then saw it again and thought top pop 68+? It’s true that it was likely different graders each time, but were the finalizers different (at least at PCGS) or were the internal standards different (shouldn’t all graders at one TPG grade to the same company standards)?</p><p>And on top of that CAC found it to be solid for the grade as both a 67 and a 68?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ddddd, post: 3601868, member: 22377"]What people spend doesn’t bother me either. I might wonder about the thought process that led to a certain bid or think that the price was too high, but I’m fine with others spending their own money how they want to. What bothers me is the inconsistency with the TPGs and even CAC. Small grade swings are to be expected, but when a coin goes from a common 67 to a 68+ top pop, that makes one wonder. Multiple graders looked at the coin one day and saw it as a 67 but a short time later saw it as a 67+ and then saw it again and thought top pop 68+? It’s true that it was likely different graders each time, but were the finalizers different (at least at PCGS) or were the internal standards different (shouldn’t all graders at one TPG grade to the same company standards)? And on top of that CAC found it to be solid for the grade as both a 67 and a 68?[/QUOTE]
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