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<p>[QUOTE="Troodon, post: 1598824, member: 4626"]Er, 6 of one, half a dozen of another. Fine, 70 isn't perfect, but it <i>is</i> still the highest possible grade, meaning a 70 should never get an indication that it's better than other 70's. (Because if coin A grades 70, and coin B is also 70, and coin B is better than coin A, logically coin A should have been graded less than 70.) If 70 isn't perfect, at the very least it's as close as a coin can possibly get.</p><p><br /></p><p>Eye appeal is highly subjective anyway and if the TPGs were doing what they claim to do they shouldn't be making any decision as to how much eye appeal has (read my opinion on market grading again for my explanation as to why I think this). That should be for the buyers and sellers to decide. The TPGs should be grading according to a fixed, consistent, and objective as is reasonably possible, set of standards; nothing less, nothing more. The fact that this doesn't always seem to be the case doesn't change my belief that it <i>should</i> be.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Troodon, post: 1598824, member: 4626"]Er, 6 of one, half a dozen of another. Fine, 70 isn't perfect, but it [I]is[/I] still the highest possible grade, meaning a 70 should never get an indication that it's better than other 70's. (Because if coin A grades 70, and coin B is also 70, and coin B is better than coin A, logically coin A should have been graded less than 70.) If 70 isn't perfect, at the very least it's as close as a coin can possibly get. Eye appeal is highly subjective anyway and if the TPGs were doing what they claim to do they shouldn't be making any decision as to how much eye appeal has (read my opinion on market grading again for my explanation as to why I think this). That should be for the buyers and sellers to decide. The TPGs should be grading according to a fixed, consistent, and objective as is reasonably possible, set of standards; nothing less, nothing more. The fact that this doesn't always seem to be the case doesn't change my belief that it [I]should[/I] be.[/QUOTE]
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