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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bob Evancho, post: 3298326, member: 84595&quot;]Finally your post is about distinguishing between CONDITION and GRADE.&nbsp; CONDITION as a descriptor and GRADE as the number indicating wear.&nbsp; MS-70 is the only UNCIRCULATED GRADE without a condition or descriptor.&nbsp; Anything from 1 to 69 should be a DETAILS GRADE or DESCRIPTOR GRADE.&nbsp; With 11 different GRADES of an uncirculated coin and one only being a true perfect UNCIRCULATED at MS-70, all others should be DETAIL GRADED. I often wonder why the top tier TPGservices don&#039;t admit they are wrong and start GRADING with numbers AND descriptors like SEGS and ICG.&nbsp; It&#039;s nice to see a coin in a holder by SEGS or ICG graded AU-58 cleaned rather than&nbsp; top TPG&#039;s AU details cleaned.&nbsp; Hmmm, maybe the BIG TPG&#039;s don&#039;t know the difference between an AU-50, AU-53, AU-55 or AU58.&nbsp; But they sure know the difference between MS 60, 61,62,63,64,65,66,67, 68, 69.&nbsp; I can see a TPG making a GRADING mistake but I question a coin (1888-O VAM 4 Hot lips going from AU-58, broken out a number of times and conserved going to MS- 61 or 62) being conserved and resubmitted numerous times till it gets an MS straight GRADE.&nbsp; All for profit I&#039;m sure.&nbsp; And how much did the GRADING service make each time?&nbsp; It&#039;s why I keep saying buy the coin, not the holder and buy the coin by how it appeals to your eye.&nbsp; TPG GRADING is just subjective, suggestive GRADE.&nbsp; Buy the book before you buy the coin.&nbsp; Buy a GRADING guide book and educate yourself.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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