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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1107529, member: 112&quot;]I don&#039;t see how they could do anything else but that.</p><p><br /></p><p>edit - there is one caveat though. PCGS will grade coins as a 70 even when they are toned. So if they decided to say that the red spots were the result of toning, the coin would not be downgraded.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>No way. They state quite plainly what they base their definition of FMV on. </p><p><br /></p><p><i>&quot; It is understood that PCGS will be the sole determiner of the current market value of the coin and that current market value is defined as dealer replacement value, i.e. the price a dealer would most likely have to pay to replace the coin.&quot;</i></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.pcgs.com/guarantee.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/guarantee.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.pcgs.com/guarantee.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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