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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jtlee321, post: 2763648, member: 73983&quot;]This can and is argued all the time.&nbsp; I absolutely agree that a coin like this one commands quite a bit more money than an everyday garden variety blast white one.&nbsp; I buy and sell nicely toned coins all the time and I pay and command a premium over the going rate for an untoned example.&nbsp; I wholeheartedly agree the eye appeal can help a coin command a price for one or two grade points above its assigned grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>With that said, my problem with factoring in eye appeal into the grade assigned by the TPG is that it creates a false base line to establish the coins technical merits.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s an example.&nbsp; Take an 1880-S Morgan in MS-65 that was graded by PCGS and is housed in an old blue or green holder, before coins were given a grade bump for toning.&nbsp; Let&#039;s also assume the grade assigned was technically accurate.&nbsp; Now let&#039;s say that Morgan has neon rainbow toning on the obverse.&nbsp; That coin will probably command MS-66 to 66+ money, rightfully so.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now let&#039;s assume that that same coin is cracked out and resubmitted to PCGS.&nbsp; With market grading happening that coin is given a 66 because of the eye appeal.&nbsp; The technical grade remains the same.&nbsp; The new owner takes that coin that has been &quot;compensated&quot; for by being given the grade bump to 66 is now asking 67 money.&nbsp; Does this same coin that was originally graded technically correct but commanded a higher price because of its eye appeal, still deserve to command a point premium at the new compensated grade?&nbsp; In my opinion no, because it&#039;s now over graded, but it was given the bump due to its eye appeal.&nbsp; It should only command the 66 or 66+ money that it originally did, because the grade was bumped for the eye appeal already.&nbsp; We all know that it does not work that way and that&#039;s my problem with the TPG&#039;s grade bumping for eye appeal.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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