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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValpoBeginner, post: 2980741, member: 77066&quot;]Your comment made me think about something that almost never gets mentioned in grading reference materials:</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><b>How much weight is given to the edges of a coin in the grading process?</b></p> <p style="text-align: center"><b><br /></b></p><p><i>Hypothetical Example:&nbsp; I&#039;m a TPG grader. A Morgan Dollar arrives at my desk, It appears as if this coin is perfect, I double check both the obverse and the reverse and I evaluate the strike, color, luster and condition and it warrents the1st ever MS-70 grade my reputable company has ever given. But oh wait.....I triplet check it just to be sure it&#039;s not a counterfeit.. II am counting the reeds to be certain that it has exactly 133 reeds. </i></p><p><i>Oh no...... </i></p><p><i>The edges of this coin have two ridges of a barely perceptible brown fingerprint spanning two reeds of this dollar.... </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Must I mark this coin down to 69? </i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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