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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NPCoin, post: 405344, member: 5629&quot;]Of course, we are all talking about &quot;market grading&quot; and this is very much so the realm of the TPGs, so to speak.&nbsp; Now, many of us have seen quite a number of slabbed coins in just about every grade possible.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, strike is very much so a part of the market grading and is also, as such, a subjective issue, which is also directly relevant to the issue of eye appeal overall.&nbsp; I have myself seen TPG coins (even from the Big Duopoly) that have been given differing grades, one which falls into the market standard, and one that &quot;exceeds&quot; the market standard.&nbsp; On these coins, I have noticed that the only difference seems to be the fact that the strike and luster, and thus overall eye appeal, is rather exceptional...exceedingly exceptional...for the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>That is why I stand on my opinion that market grading pushes grades both ways...not from practice, but from experience with TPG slabbed specimens.&nbsp; I believe this apparent practice is what others are also seeing in the TPGs, and is one of the peeves that causes some to rant and rave about them.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is one of my own peeves against TPGs, although this apparent practice is seldom seen, especially if you do not regularly see a number of the same type from the same TPGs at the same time.&nbsp; I will hold, though, that there is the appearance that this is a practice of some graders, to raise the grade for exceptional market aspects...you can even see this on AU pieces slabbed as MS, though it may not necessarily be the strike raising the grade, this is what is &quot;apparent&quot; on some coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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