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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 907837, member: 15309&quot;]Technical grading accounts for only the surface preservation of the coin including level of wear for circulated examples.&nbsp; Market grading which is employed by all of the TPG&#039;s incorporates the other elements of grading including luster, strike, and eye appeal.&nbsp; These other elements allow for two different coins with the same surface preservation to be graded differently.&nbsp; The coin with more eye appeal and better luster can have a higher grade because the all of the factors sought after in the market place have been applied.</p><p><br /></p><p>Within market grading exists the practice of value grading.&nbsp; An example would be grading an AU coin MS because that is how the coin is valued in the market.&nbsp; Grade bumps for toning would fall into this category as well.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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