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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;clembo, post: 291734, member: 8033&quot;]I always try to grade impartially on the forum as I figure it&#039;s not my coin and will not be my coin. The person showing the coin is looking for an opinion or sponsoring a contest.</p><p><br /></p><p>Many times the coin in question is slabbed by a reputable TPG. I always find this interesting as to what my opinion is vs the TPG. Like many others I feel I&#039;m a decent grader. However, when one gets into high end AU and MS it becomes much more difficult for me and I believe I tend to become very conservative. I&#039;d never make it with SGS.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course we&#039;re also looking at pictures on the forum and not the actual coin. This is why I hate &quot;U grade&quot; auctions on the internet so much.</p><p><br /></p><p>So many good points have been made here. Size of picture, what system one uses, experience. Guess that&#039;s what make&#039;s it interesting. For the record my loupe of choice is a 16X by the way.</p><p><br /></p><p>Great thread bone. I took some very nice scans of a few coins last night. Perhaps I shall put one up for opinions now.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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