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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;1865King, post: 8161640, member: 103207&quot;]Market grading has been going on for a long time.&nbsp; Very common even before certification.&nbsp; I have seen plenty of coins sitting in straight graded slabs that were dipped or lightly cleaned.&nbsp; Market grading may happen to a seated dollar that looks good but, may have been lightly cleaned.&nbsp; The coin could look like an AU 58 but, based on market grading it could be put in an AU 50 or 53 slab.&nbsp; I collect seated dollars and in my opinion a majority of the straight graded dollars have been messed with.&nbsp; If you see an extra fine seated dollar that is light in color sitting in a straight graded slab, I can almost guarantee to you that that coin was messed with.&nbsp; In the 19th and early 20th century there wasn&#039;t a good way to protect coins from the air around them.&nbsp; So over time they would tone and over time the silver coins may even turn black.&nbsp; Good collectors in the past knew about this problem so they tried to protect their coins as best possible.&nbsp; Some would even go so far as to put lacquer on the coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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