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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Brocster, post: 50825, member: 2744&quot;]Hi Rick!</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for your input.&nbsp; I really appreciate it!</p><p><br /></p><p>I understand that grading is extremely subjective -- even though, with the TPG services, people spend a <u>bunch</u> of money on that subjectivity (although it&#039;s a very, very refined, and hopefully <b>consistent</b>, subjectivity).&nbsp; I&#039;m just trying to see how far off base my &quot;newbie grades&quot; are versus those of other, more experienced collectors.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not sure what you mean by the &quot;net grade&quot; on the IHC.&nbsp; I was under the impression that a net grade was only given to coins that were cleaned or otherwise altered.&nbsp; Do you think this coin has been altered somehow??&nbsp; (It might be.&nbsp; I personally don&#039;t have enough knowledge or experience yet to tell.)&nbsp; Or are you just trying to say that it has VG-8 level details, but they scratches and spot on the cheek lower the overall grade to just &quot;good&quot;?&nbsp; Hmmm..... I guess I&#039;m still kind of confused about how grades work.</p><p><br /></p><p>Based on what I&#039;ve seen/read, the VG level criteria state <span style="color: Blue">&quot;The entire design is weak, but a few details are visible.&quot;</span>, while the &quot;Fine&quot; criteria are: <span style="color: Blue">&quot;A lot of the details are gone, but you can still see a good deal of the design.&quot;</span>&nbsp; With the IHC, you can still clearly see a lot of feather detail (it&#039;s clearer with the coin in hand), and all the lettering is clear (except for the word &quot;Liberty&quot; on the headband).&nbsp; The details on the reverse are also (in my completely-unexperienced opinion) pretty strong, with almost complete horizontal and vertical lines on the shield and decent detail in the wreath components.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hmmm..... as I said, I completely understand and realize that grading is subjective and that two people might <u>never</u> agree on the same coin.&nbsp; I&#039;m just trying to figure out what &quot;a few details are visible&quot; vs. &quot;a lot of the details are gone&quot; means.&nbsp; Well, that and all the other stuff, too! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Again, thanks for your input!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>- Andrew[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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