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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KSorbo, post: 24849123, member: 56370&quot;]It depends on what you mean by “damaged”, “altered” and “impaired”.&nbsp; When it comes to these terms I think there are more grey areas than many people realize.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you are referring to altering of dates or mint marks, or outright repairs of damage or enhancement of features through plugging or tooling, then yes, assigning such coins a straight grade would be a major miss that would never be acceptable IMO.&nbsp; But if you are talking about different degrees of cleaning or PMD, those may be “market acceptable” depending on the coin, and I have no issue with “market grading” per se.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would expect that occasionally graders would miss an issue that most everyone would agree is a deal breaker.&nbsp; But I suspect more often than not they aren’t missing anything at all but are doing what they think the market prefers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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