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<p>[QUOTE="Beefer518, post: 4627244, member: 87737"]Who said TPG'ers never overgrade? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> But that wasn't the point of posting that coin. Other examples of incomplete bell lines in grades of 65 and up can readily be found from all TPG companies without having to search to hard.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the 3 small triangles, are you saying those are evidence of tooling? If you are, (and please don't take this as an offensive comment), you need to re-evaluate your grading skills. Those are simply from getting smacked by another coin, most likely in the coin bag, and not evidence of tooling. I know that can be interpreted as an insult, but it's meant in a way for you to learn. I am in no way an expert, or even a skilled grader, but there are things that are repeated on many coins, and knowing what those things are, are helpful when looking at and grading a coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Beefer518, post: 4627244, member: 87737"]Who said TPG'ers never overgrade? ;) But that wasn't the point of posting that coin. Other examples of incomplete bell lines in grades of 65 and up can readily be found from all TPG companies without having to search to hard. As for the 3 small triangles, are you saying those are evidence of tooling? If you are, (and please don't take this as an offensive comment), you need to re-evaluate your grading skills. Those are simply from getting smacked by another coin, most likely in the coin bag, and not evidence of tooling. I know that can be interpreted as an insult, but it's meant in a way for you to learn. I am in no way an expert, or even a skilled grader, but there are things that are repeated on many coins, and knowing what those things are, are helpful when looking at and grading a coin.[/QUOTE]
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