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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 4172544, member: 112"]I not only would, I do.</p><p><br /></p><p>But you have to understand something. Just because has flaws, that does not mean that it cannot be worthy of a high grade. Coins can have a small patch or a few scattered hairlines, or a significant contact mark and a few scattered small ones, and still be properly graded as a 65. The same kind of thing applies to flaws like die polish lines, die cracks, etc. </p><p><br /></p><p>This is the important part - when all other things are equal, they cannot be graded as high as the coin that does not have those flaws !</p><p><br /></p><p>To try and say that things like die polish lines, die scratches, die cracks, cuds, die breaks, strikethroughs - anything of the kind - are not flaws is beyond ridiculous. They are absolutely flaws, by definition - because they are not supposed to be there ! And all flaws, regardless of cause or nature, are supposed to be taken into account when grading a coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>And the fact that the TPGs ignore these flaws and treat them as if they were not even there, that's nothing more than the TPGs giving their customers what they want. It's not different than the TPGs saying a coin with wear can be graded as high as MS67. That too is ridiculous, but yet they do it, because that's what their customers want ![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 4172544, member: 112"]I not only would, I do. But you have to understand something. Just because has flaws, that does not mean that it cannot be worthy of a high grade. Coins can have a small patch or a few scattered hairlines, or a significant contact mark and a few scattered small ones, and still be properly graded as a 65. The same kind of thing applies to flaws like die polish lines, die cracks, etc. This is the important part - when all other things are equal, they cannot be graded as high as the coin that does not have those flaws ! To try and say that things like die polish lines, die scratches, die cracks, cuds, die breaks, strikethroughs - anything of the kind - are not flaws is beyond ridiculous. They are absolutely flaws, by definition - because they are not supposed to be there ! And all flaws, regardless of cause or nature, are supposed to be taken into account when grading a coin. And the fact that the TPGs ignore these flaws and treat them as if they were not even there, that's nothing more than the TPGs giving their customers what they want. It's not different than the TPGs saying a coin with wear can be graded as high as MS67. That too is ridiculous, but yet they do it, because that's what their customers want ![/QUOTE]
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