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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;iPen, post: 2728986, member: 69760&quot;]Can you guess the grade on this 1942 Washington 25C proof by PCGS? And, if submitted to PCGS for Restoration services, what do you think it&#039;ll grade as? It has a serious hit to its eye appeal, so I think that it would <i>at least</i> be graded the same.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, I&#039;d also think that it should or even <i>must</i> grade higher based on the combination of two factors: 1. Eye appeal is a factor in PCGS&#039;s grading criteria, albeit much smaller than the other criteria, and 2. subconscious comparison of before and after results. </p><p><br /></p><p>For this second point, the graders may not see the restored coin until much later, after they&#039;ve already gone through hundreds or thousands of coins. But if they have info on the coin&#039;s previous grade and the &quot;before&quot; image, then I&#039;d think that it would influence their grading. Access to this info may or may not be against their best practices to make grading more independent. Yet, I can see that not having access to previous grades would make PCGS appear less consistent (and would a lower grade be subject to their re-submission guarantee?).</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks in advance!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee451/kovacs22/P1100539_zpsjck9jeow.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee451/kovacs22/P1100540_zpsfudvdlzg.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee451/kovacs22/P1100541_zpsqc6lowwu.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee451/kovacs22/P1100542_zps5btpbhhh.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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