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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mark Feld, post: 654627, member: 11467&quot;]That is a fairly common misconception. The major grading companies don&#039;t typically claim that toning/eye-appeal has no effect on a coin&#039;s grade. To the contrary, this is from the PCGS website:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&quot;Once the graders have determined the coin to be authentic and unaltered, the final step in the process is to assign a grade to the coin in question. Graders are now focusing on the characteristics of the coin such as the strength and quality of toning, strike, marks, luster, and overall eye-appeal. All these characteristics are taken into account when assigning a grade.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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