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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;imrich, post: 2060411, member: 22331&quot;]It&#039;s also my agreed opinion that you&#039;re correct, and believe that some public &quot;less positive&quot; comparative statements are unwarranted.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve been acquiring classic Gold certified coins by the top four TPG, from Fine to MS67, where 1 grade disparity, could by TPG published values, result in a minimum 3 and maximum 5 figure dollar amount in value.</p><p><br /></p><p>Until the advent of the &quot;bean&quot;, an objective party other than myself (who had only evaluated for &gt;half-century these coins, and since copyright 1977 publishing, the illustrated ANA standards) couldn&#039;t substantiate the perceived grading disparities.</p><p><br /></p><p>I searched for a like type/grade/date coin that had a &quot;bean&quot; which I felt a lay jurist with the published standards and 4 coins from the different TPG in hand could readily see a grade (preferably 2) disparity from the technical &quot;standard&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>I recently believe the aforementioned goal was achieved. One coin met the technical standard, and the rest had at least 1 grade negative or more from the standard. The coin meeting the standard was ICG graded.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t believe this to be an anomaly.</p><p><br /></p><p>JMHO[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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