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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Publius2, post: 7332649, member: 105571&quot;]Actually, I agree with you more than you know.&nbsp; Which is why I said I have some uncertainty regarding scratches-on-coin vs. scratches-on-slab.&nbsp; But I pointed out the way in which the scratches are parallel and cross both fields and devices which is consistent with cleaning scratches.&nbsp; I also voted for a AU-55 straight-grade and said why but also explained my reservations and what I perceived from the photos to be the basis for those reservations.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am not as certain as you that a TPG will never straight-grade a cleaned coin with cleaning scratches on it.&nbsp; I agree it would be unusual but is it unheard-of?&nbsp; No.&nbsp; Particularly with older coinage.&nbsp; They seem to be more lenient the older, rarer and more valuable the coin but I wouldn&#039;t go so far as to call it a TPG rule-of-thumb.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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