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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pickin and Grinin, post: 3445476, member: 73995&quot;]I am still trying to figure out your statement about bag marks?</p><p><br /></p><p>Why did the TPG&#039;s we know today come about? I mean really what was the objective? Was it to take advantage and add the reality that it has to be so complicated?</p><p>Grading today has turned into a fluctuation of the market, not a true opinion of what grading used to be. I take pride in coins that I find truly Mint State, not saying that the coin in question isn&#039;t MS. Yes, it has a lot of flash and Yes, the amount of contact it received determines the higher grades, Once that coin left the press it began to receive circulation. This area is left for grades between 64 and 60.</p><p>What is expected to be gem is a coin like the one you have MS65. I gave it a plus for it&#039;s originality. But as far as focal point distraction this coin was most likely graded at least a point less in the past.</p><p>Yes, coins can be like art for the elite, those that will buy an over graded coin just because it says 66+ and has color, add in the CAC? That only says that your dollar means more than your opinion.</p><p><br /></p><p>When the coin bug hit me I found fun/ and passion in trying to find examples of coins with truly original surfaces, coins like these don&#039;t deserve the accolade.</p><p><br /></p><p>But they are great for that registry set.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Welcome aboard Paul&#039;s Brother. [USER=102620]@Springford CC[/USER]</p><p>Named my Son Paul. He is a very smart and talented fella.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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