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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 3280475, member: 10461&quot;]I am much stricter about eye appeal than I used to be. </p><p><br /></p><p>Note, however, that technical grade, and how strong a coin&#039;s merits for the grade are, is only one factor in eye appeal.&nbsp; It&#039;s an <i>important</i> factor, to be sure, but not the whole story.&nbsp; Lots of other factors like strike quality, luster, toning, style and design, etc., all factor into a coin&#039;s eye appeal for me.</p><p><br /></p><p>And I prefer to be my own judge, though the opinions of third-party grading companies count.&nbsp; I&#039;m not usually interested in taking it as far as <i>fourth</i>-party verification from &quot;stickering&quot; companies like CAC or WINGS, but if I have one of their stickers on a slab, all the better.</p><p><br /></p><p>This.&nbsp; I try to buy the best I can afford.&nbsp; That&#039;s sound practice.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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