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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2052840, member: 112&quot;]But it was not very many years ago, less than 10, that the TPGs would not grade and slab any coin with chopmarks. They wouldn&#039;t slab Trade dollars, they wouldn&#039;t slab Spanish colonial, they wouldn&#039;t slab any coin with chopmarks because chopmarks were damage. And Trade dollars may have been specifically made as &quot;trade coins&quot;, but Spanish colonial coins certainly weren&#039;t. They were minted for use in their home countries and for shipment back to Spain. So that argument doesn&#039;t really hold water with me.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, as with so many other things, the TPGs did a sudden turn around. Because so many of their customers wanted these chopmarked coins slabbed &amp; graded, the TPGs granted their wishes. What had absolutely been considered damage, overnight, became acceptable.</p><p><br /></p><p>Does that mean it isn&#039;t damage anymore ? Not to me it doesn&#039;t.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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