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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;7Jags, post: 14880836, member: 78719&quot;]To clarify, the major TPGs are not always consistent on grading these mid-70s matte coins. The very same coins have been called [ordinary] uncirculated, matte uncirculated, and matte proof. In particular these are Franklin Mint issues to which I refer.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>To subtend (sorry for the math reference) this point, and a gripe of mine is that they have trouble with grading and/or designating mattes in general as well and with earlier issues such as the matte proofs of Great Britain and those struck and the Royal Mint in the 1902-1970 period. I say this because I would suggest the buyer beware of slabbed pieces as there have been rare mattes of years such as 1927, 1937, 1950, 1951 and 1953 - the grading is entirely uneven and some coins graded &quot;66&quot; may be no better or even worse than some graded &quot;63&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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