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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 4662159, member: 112&quot;]I have no idea who posted those percentages or when or where but I strongly disagree with them. And based on experience the TPGs definitely do not do that, not even close. And surface preservation, that&#039;s actually about 4 different grading criteria combined into 1.</p><p><br /></p><p>Do the percentages vary ? Yeah, but not all that much. Every TPG there is has its own unique set of grading standards, different from everybody else&#039;s. But pretty much all of them give more weight to quality of luster and eye appeal than anything else.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are about 9 individual grading criteria but the big 4 are quality of luster, eye appeal, contact marks, and hairlines. All other grading criteria are still important but less important than those. You could even say that at times all the TPGs seemingly ignore all the other grading criteria. For one example, many coins that are very poorly struck are given very high grades. Very high grades are defined as 66 and up.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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