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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 5145572, member: 24314&quot;]This old thread popped up as a recent alert.&nbsp; I read through it looking for anything new.&nbsp; Cannot find anything, however...I&#039;m afraid that this poster may have a closed mind concerning &quot;The Best.&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=15309]@Lehigh96[/USER], posted: &quot;When I ask him to prove that PCGS straight grades cleaned coins more often than ANACS, <span style="color: #b30000">saying that ALL TPGS do it doesn&#039;t not end the debate.</span>&nbsp; Keep in mind that I agree that cleaned coins get through all TPGs, but IMO, dipping is cleaning.&nbsp; <span style="color: #b30000">The key word is &quot;harshly&quot;</span> and the interpretation of that word is subjective.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is NOT ONE major TPGS that puts anything even resembling &quot;<span style="color: #ff0000">HARSHLY ANYTHING</span>&quot; in a slab - <span style="color: #b300b3">UNLESS </span>they had a very good reason (?<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />?) such as the Seated half straight graded in a PCGS slab with a long and obvious scratch in the left obverse field discussed on one of the major forums.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Lehigh96, posted: &quot;I will go with the scoreboard, the one that drives the highest prices for the grade has the best reputation, and is therefore, the best [<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />] grading company. If you are selling coins, it seems very quantifiable to me.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>The reason PCGS slabs bring the most money has been discussed so much that it makes me ZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.&nbsp;&nbsp; Big Clue: <b><span style="color: #b30000">It is not their grading.</span></b></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Hummm, on second thought...<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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