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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2599403, member: 24314&quot;][USER=83484]@KevinM[/USER] </p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0059b3">SuperDave cannot see my post but from what I have picked up in grading classes he is basically correct.</span></p><p><br /></p><p>SD said: &quot;It&#039;s not so much the size of the gouge that&#039;s relevant - although that&#039;s obviously important - as it is the judgement of the TPG as to <i>what caused it</i>.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0059b3">Except in rare cases, TPG&#039;s do not take any time at all deciding what caused the contact marks (major to minor damage) to a coin. </span><span style="color: #ff00ff">All they care about is eye-appeal </span><span style="color: #0059b3">and how the marks affect it. Therefore, the size, severity, number and location of the marks is their </span><span style="color: #ff00ff">only</span><span style="color: #0059b3"> consideration.</span></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;If they attribute it to something which might normally happen during the usual course of striking and shipping the coin, it would be far better than if they determine an otherwise nice Mint State coin suffered some mishandling accident after leaving the Mint.&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0059b3">In some cases, marks can be attributed to actual damage done on purpose &quot;by the hand of man.&quot;&nbsp; In other cases, when warranted by their severity, they are called &quot;damage&quot; and the coin is given a &quot;details&quot; grade.</span></p><p><span style="color: #0059b3"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0059b3">Studying coins already graded in slabs is the quickest way to learn &quot;the ropes&quot; with regard to marks or damage.</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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