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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 7810481, member: 24314&quot;]<span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">I have not read the thread yet.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)"><br /></span></p><p>I don&#039;t know how I missed this thread until now.&nbsp; I&#039;ll post lots for members to think about this weekend.</p><p><br /></p><p>For now two teasers:</p><p><br /></p><p>1.&nbsp; Long ago, coins started out as red.&nbsp; As soon as they started to show brownish parts they were RB and that continued all the way down until the traces red still left in protected areas disappeared.&nbsp; Then they were brown.&nbsp; No wiggle room, very easy to get it right EVERY TIME.&nbsp; Then <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> the late comers (successful professional dealers)&nbsp; at the newly established <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 51)">TPG<b><font size="6">$</font></b></span> put their mark on the designations with stupid floating percentages.</p><p><br /></p><p>Like it or not, it is to the benefit of coin dealers and TPGS to make grading coins as difficult and complicated as they can with knowledge of the commercial value of the coin (AT THAT MOMENT IN TIME) a big factor.&nbsp; Unless you are actively in the market - you don&#039;t know squat what a coin&#039;s value ACTUALLY is! </p><p><br /></p><p>2.&nbsp; Because there is no way to be precise about color and the demarcation %, ICG added a designation: BROWN-RED (BR) for coins that are more brown than red - probably considered at the lower end of the major TPGS RB designation. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>To be continued...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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