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<p>[QUOTE="SuperDave, post: 2756018, member: 1892"]They're far scarcer at the higher grade level; not sure if the TPG is factoring strike and eye appeal that strongly at 65. Yours is poorly-struck but not lacking in luster; had I seen it last night I'd probably have guessed it one grade high.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't see it as a candidate for cracking. PCGS is grading very conservatively these days (when they're actually paying attention to what they're looking at) and I'm not sure it'd upgrade at all, much less two grades. In the real world, it's probably more valuable in the slab it currently has. People still see those old slabs as "wow, this one should be a candidate for upgrade!" instead of "wow, if it's still in the old slab it probably doesn't stand a chance of upgrading because you <b>know</b> somebody's already tried before!" <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SuperDave, post: 2756018, member: 1892"]They're far scarcer at the higher grade level; not sure if the TPG is factoring strike and eye appeal that strongly at 65. Yours is poorly-struck but not lacking in luster; had I seen it last night I'd probably have guessed it one grade high. I don't see it as a candidate for cracking. PCGS is grading very conservatively these days (when they're actually paying attention to what they're looking at) and I'm not sure it'd upgrade at all, much less two grades. In the real world, it's probably more valuable in the slab it currently has. People still see those old slabs as "wow, this one should be a candidate for upgrade!" instead of "wow, if it's still in the old slab it probably doesn't stand a chance of upgrading because you [B]know[/B] somebody's already tried before!" :)[/QUOTE]
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