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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 2755440, member: 15309&quot;]Well, I wouldn&#039;t go that far.&nbsp; I have no problem saying that the surfaces of this coin are MS65 quality and have already done so within this thread.&nbsp; But to ignore what appears to be a premium gem quality coin in every other aspect of grading and stick with MS65 seems unjust as well.&nbsp; And not because the methodology that you and others used to reach that conclusion is wrong.&nbsp; It is just that I used to collect Washington Quarters (briefly) and I ran into so many coins in MS65 &amp; MS66 grades that this coin absolutely crushes that I have a hard time putting it in that class.&nbsp; For example, consider this MS66 1951 Philly Washington.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Washington%20Quarters/WQ1951NGCMS66.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I won&#039;t dispute that the surfaces are better, but there are still minor marks on the focal areas on both sides of this premium gem coin.&nbsp; IMO, there really is no comparison with respects to the other elements of grading.&nbsp; The 51-D has far better eye appeal, luster, and strike than this coin.&nbsp; Simply using surface preservation as the default to grade a coin is technical grading, not market grading.&nbsp; If you are market grading coins, then the 51-D deserves a higher grade.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Washington%20Quarters/WQ%201951-D%20NGC%20MS67%20Cointalk_zpsqpo2qupe.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I will say that my defense of the TPG&#039;s grading of this coin made me feel like a defense lawyer trying to get a murder off the hook even though I knew he was guilty.&nbsp; Personally, I would like to see the coin in an MS66* holder.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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