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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2821252, member: 24314&quot;]desertgem, posted: &quot;So would you support the TPG if they just used the term &quot;Tarnish&quot; and leave it to the end user to decide which it was?</p><p><br /></p><p>Great question.&nbsp; Unfortunately, I don&#039;t have any influence over PCGS, NGC, or ANACS - all considered the major grading services around here.&nbsp; As you know, many numismatic purists, chiefly one author and chemist (Mr. White) considers all oxidation (tarnish, toning) to be damage. The TPGS don&#039;t.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nevertheless, as you <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> have written, this type of &quot;surface damage&quot; occurs as a progression:&nbsp; &quot;Tarnish Early Stage, Tarnish middle stage, Tarnish End stage. <b>Tarnish is a friendlier word than &quot;Corrosion.&quot; </b>That&#039;s why Mr. White calls it damage.</p><p><br /></p><p>The TPGS&#039;s and all of us need to decide what stage of tarnish we tolerate and whether it is beautiful or ugly.&nbsp; The better we all become doing this, the more people will agree with our opinion.&nbsp; That&#039;s the name of the grading game.</p><p><br /></p><p>PS My statement that you quoted above was a response to a member who wrote: &quot;... but witches don&#039;t exist anymore than artificial tarnish exists.&quot;&nbsp; Apparently, this member believes, and tried to convince a &quot;newbie&quot; that there is no such thing as a coin with AT!&nbsp;&nbsp; <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)">News Flash Eddie and the rest of you, both witches and artificial tarnish/toning/damage whatever we call it <b><i><span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">DO EXIST. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></i></b></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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