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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;aubade21, post: 1625999, member: 44104&quot;]<font face="Calibri"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">First, let me say that I have A LOT to learn in regards to proper grading. With this in mind, I’ve been looking at a great deal of graded coins by TPG’s to see what coins pass for the conditions they post on the outside of the slab. One of the issues I’m having is determining when damage on a coin (like a scratch) simply drops a coin down a grade or two, and when it will be hit with a details grade of “damage” or “scratched.” An example of this is a current heritage auction for an NGC 1793 wreath: </span></font></font><a href="http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1182&amp;lotNo=3706#94529452903" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1182&amp;lotNo=3706#94529452903" rel="nofollow"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3"><span style="color: #0000ff">http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1182&amp;lotNo=3706#94529452903</span></font></font></a> <font face="Calibri"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">Why does the damage (scratch?) on the obverse of this coin avoid a details grade when this coin </span></font></font><a href="http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1137&amp;lotNo=66#52765276164" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1137&amp;lotNo=66#52765276164" rel="nofollow"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3"><span style="color: #0000ff">http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1137&amp;lotNo=66#52765276164</span></font></font></a><font face="Calibri"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">) was not spared. (I&#039;m assuming that the scratch is the cause of the &quot;damage&quot; classification.) </span></font></font><font face="Calibri"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">Is it mainly based on location (eye-appeal) or something else? I know the people who grade these coins follow specific guidelines set forth by their companies, but how much of their grading in this area is subjective and how much is objective? </span></font></font></p><p><font face="Calibri"><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000">Thanks for any help you can provide!</span></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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