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Message:: [QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 3211251, member: 15309"]I think you misunderstood my comment to Doug, and the fact that you did so is evidence of your extreme bias against the TPGs.  In that scenario, you think that the coin is "obviously" overgraded.  What I was saying to Doug, is that he employs a completely different set of grading rules/criteria than the TPGs.  As a result, his grades are routinely 2 grades lower than those of the TPGs.  Let me be clear, THIS DOES NOT MEAN THE TPGs OVERGRADED THE COINS.  On the contrary, I am talking about coins that are graded properly by TPG standards.  In that case, you don't simply get to tell a dealer that you think the coin is overgraded because you are using a different set of grading criteria.  Now the question for you is, are you doing what Doug is doing?  Are you using a different set of grading criteria than the TPGs/ On the subject of overgraded coins, of course there are coins that are overgraded from time to time, and those coins are eligible for the grading guaranty programs.  I would submit that the 1917 NGC MS65 SLQ is one such coin.  But pointing out one overgraded coin as evidence that the TPGs routinely overgrade is just silly.[/QUOTE]