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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 26696293, member: 10461&quot;]There’s an absolutely fabulous example of the exact same phenomenon: 400 years old, attractively toned, and a non-harsh cleaning that <i>should</i> have been deemed “market acceptable” and straight-graded by the TPG.</p><p><br /></p><p>As to shipwreck coins, I would make an exception to my “straight grade only/no details” rule for those or for coins pedigreed to a known buried hoard.&nbsp; So far all my <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/australia-1877-s-gold-%E2%80%9Cshield%E2%80%9D-sovereign-of-queen-victoria-from-the-rms-duoro-shipwreck.420441/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/australia-1877-s-gold-%E2%80%9Cshield%E2%80%9D-sovereign-of-queen-victoria-from-the-rms-duoro-shipwreck.420441/">shipwreck</a> and <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/france-ca-1380-1422-gold-ecu-dor-of-charles-vi-from-the-lucerne-abbey-treasure-100-years-war.420404/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/france-ca-1380-1422-gold-ecu-dor-of-charles-vi-from-the-lucerne-abbey-treasure-100-years-war.420404/">treasure</a> coins happen to be straight-graded, but I wouldn’t look askance at a “sea salvaged” notation on a cool shipwreck piece.</p><p><br /></p><p>I’m already accepting of NGC’s small italic notes on ancients (“<a href="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/01-frame-png.1686551/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/01-frame-png.1686551/">lt. smoothing</a>”, “<a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/byzantine-empire-gold-tremissis-of-justinian-i-ca-527-565-ad.316770/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/byzantine-empire-gold-tremissis-of-justinian-i-ca-527-565-ad.316770/">wrinkled</a>”, etc.).</p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps I’ll only apply the straight grade rule to more modern milled coins, and be more forgiving for the pre-1601 material.&nbsp; For so much of what I collect there, the technical grade is almost meaningless anyway.&nbsp; It’s all about the eye appeal.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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