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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 557339, member: 15309&quot;]Mike, </p><p><br /></p><p>My reason for this post is about the &quot;head scratcher&quot; grades.&nbsp; I rarely see coins graded by NGC or PCGS that are just wrong.&nbsp; But, this coin is now the second graded Jefferson Nickel that I have seen with an MS62 grade that really doesn&#039;t make sense.&nbsp; Here is a link to the first one.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&amp;campid=5335874456&amp;toolid=10001&amp;mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2FeBayISAPI.dll%3FViewItem%26ssPageName%3DSTRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT%26item%3D250327006311" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&amp;campid=5335874456&amp;toolid=10001&amp;mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2FeBayISAPI.dll%3FViewItem%26ssPageName%3DSTRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT%26item%3D250327006311" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&amp;item=250327006311</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This one is graded by NGC MS62.&nbsp; This seller has juiced the photos as well but was also kind enough to include photos that are not juiced.&nbsp; The toning pattern and colors are more consistent with an NT coin and it is pretty obvious that the luster is muted from the photos.&nbsp; However, to limit a grade of a Jefferson Nickel for poor luster seems almost punitive to me.&nbsp; I have seen many a gem graded Jefferson with muted luster and the surfaces of this coin are much better than MS62.&nbsp; When I saw this coin, I just blew it off as an anomoly.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Having seen a second seemingly way undergraded toned Jefferson got me thinking.&nbsp; Is the toning on that first coin questionable?&nbsp; Have the TPG&#039;s adopted a practice of net downgrading QT coins instead of body bagging them?</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know the answer, and as you have pointed out, it will remain just a theory until I can see some of these coins in hand to examine them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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