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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 3437345, member: 15309&quot;]What is so hard about assigning a number grade to each element of grading, and then accepting the resultant grade.&nbsp; Just because the TPGs happen to employ the same philosophy that I do with respect to grading is no reason to get salty about it.&nbsp; And there is nothing wrong with your grading philosophy, but it will mean that you will disagree with TPG grades more often than me.</p><p><br /></p><p>Furthermore, your little appraiser thing is silly.&nbsp; The number of coins that are actually value graded is so small that it’s not even worth mentioning.&nbsp; Taking luster and eye appeal into account isn’t value grading, it is simply a part of the market grading process.&nbsp; Remember that 1958-D Franklin that sold for $100K, that coin was value graded.&nbsp; In that case, they ignored the surfaces and awarded a top pop grade based solely on the eye appeal.&nbsp; And guess what, I agreed with the TPG grade on that coin as well.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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