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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;imrich, post: 950079, member: 22331&quot;]<b>A Good Disparity Post</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial Black">Thanks for &quot;beating me to the punch&quot;, as I was about to do the same, showing grading incongruities by posting AU58 to MS65 &quot;common date&quot; St. Gaudens Double Eagles, as I&#039;ve previously posted on this site. My action was precipitated by the statement </font>&quot;&nbsp; For those of us who plainly recognize the difference, the increased seems perfectly logical&quot;.<font face="Arial Black">, which I&#039;ve proven ludicrous on numerous occasions, by a blind display at local coin shows, where dealers were asked to grade 6 coins (all graded by the same &quot;preferred&quot; TPG) from lowest to highest awarded grade. No &quot;Dealer&quot; was&nbsp; successful, and I would wager heavily with anyone who believes they can &quot;correctly&quot; grade these </font><font face="Arial Black">AU58 to MS65 coins</font><font face="Arial Black">, or even determine the proper graduation in 4 progressively graded coins, when using the top tier TPG as a standard. The disparity in grading of these &quot;common date&quot; Philadelphia mint coins, where the difference of one grade represented a retail profit/loss of &gt;$2500 (which could easily purchase 100 MS63 dollars), depicted the foolishness of trusting a singular entity to establish &quot;value&quot;. Another blind display of 6 identically graded </font><font face="Arial Black">St. Gaudens Double Eagles, certified by the top 5&nbsp; CDN&nbsp; rated TPG and ACG, </font><font face="Arial Black">established the foolishness of acquiring coins by &quot;label&quot;. No one correctly associated all of the coins with the TPG, and often the top CDN certifier was identified as having graded the ACG coin, and vise-versa. As you&#039;ve correctly previously insinuated in this post, and knowledgeable buyers are learning, there isn&#039;t any consistent universal standard for grading. CAVEAT EMPTOR!! :thumb:</font></p><p><font face="Arial Black"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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