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<p>[QUOTE="mlov43, post: 2044309, member: 16729"]<font size="6">For you smartypanses who said "MS-63"...</font></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]373954[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6">Alright. Here it is:</font>[ATTACH=full]373955[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>...Thanks for all your input, really!</p><p><br /></p><p>But I am still amazed at how this spotted, icky-looking thing could be graded MS-63. (I've got so much to learn about TPG grading).</p><p><br /></p><p>By the way, I gave a "Like" to both <b>Rim's Cents</b> and <b>OdedPaz</b> for their lower grades, because I agree with them in principle: I think an ugly, spotted copper like this should be graded lower than 63. </p><p><br /></p><p>I mean, when you look at the next higher grade (PCGS, MS-64), the difference seems to be the difference between a bloody handprint on the wall of a torture chamber and a Botticelli hanging in the Lourve, for goodness sakes. Here's an MS-64:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]373958[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]373959[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>...And here's one dated 1966, graded MS-65. Or, it was at one time: I cracked it out so that I could put it in my Frankenstein Dansco 5 Won album. You'll have to trust me on the grade here...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]373960[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]373961[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6">And this is what confounds me:</font></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]373962[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Look at the "percentage of a given grade" that <b>Surface Preservation</b> makes up for in this pie chart for grading Mint State coins (from the PCGS Coin Grading 101 video). </p><p><br /></p><p>My question: Aren't f-ugly brown spots, which is to me a kind of surface corrosion, a huge negative in judging Surface Preservation? It seems to me now that <b>those brown spots are just negs on Eye Appeal alone, not Surface Preservation</b>. This jibes with what Physics Fan said.</p><p><br /></p><p>As normal, I'm confused.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mlov43, post: 2044309, member: 16729"][SIZE=6]For you smartypanses who said "MS-63"...[/SIZE] [ATTACH=full]373954[/ATTACH] [SIZE=6]Alright. Here it is:[/SIZE][ATTACH=full]373955[/ATTACH] ...Thanks for all your input, really! But I am still amazed at how this spotted, icky-looking thing could be graded MS-63. (I've got so much to learn about TPG grading). By the way, I gave a "Like" to both [B]Rim's Cents[/B] and [B]OdedPaz[/B] for their lower grades, because I agree with them in principle: I think an ugly, spotted copper like this should be graded lower than 63. I mean, when you look at the next higher grade (PCGS, MS-64), the difference seems to be the difference between a bloody handprint on the wall of a torture chamber and a Botticelli hanging in the Lourve, for goodness sakes. Here's an MS-64: [ATTACH=full]373958[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]373959[/ATTACH] ...And here's one dated 1966, graded MS-65. Or, it was at one time: I cracked it out so that I could put it in my Frankenstein Dansco 5 Won album. You'll have to trust me on the grade here... [ATTACH=full]373960[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]373961[/ATTACH] [SIZE=6]And this is what confounds me:[/SIZE] [ATTACH=full]373962[/ATTACH] Look at the "percentage of a given grade" that [B]Surface Preservation[/B] makes up for in this pie chart for grading Mint State coins (from the PCGS Coin Grading 101 video). My question: Aren't f-ugly brown spots, which is to me a kind of surface corrosion, a huge negative in judging Surface Preservation? It seems to me now that [B]those brown spots are just negs on Eye Appeal alone, not Surface Preservation[/B]. This jibes with what Physics Fan said. As normal, I'm confused.[/QUOTE]
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