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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2940577, member: 24314&quot;]mrjason71, posted:&nbsp; &quot;I base that cent looking dipped on the fact that I have dipped copper and seen what it looks like...thats an answer you should like--It sounds like something you would say...&quot;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #5900b3">That&#039;s the answer I was looking for. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Or one like, &quot;I work at one of the major TPGS&#039;s and this coin falls out of my company&#039;s accepted standards for natural color.&quot;&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p><br /></p><p>When you said this earlier: &quot;Let&#039;s try this again. The folks who grade and authenticate at the professional level operate so far above the level of me and most of the rest of us here that their &quot;opinions&quot; are not really opinions.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Now grading is &quot;subjective&quot;? </p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #5900b3"><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; Of course it is.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie20" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie20" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie20" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie20" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I see no mystery, ambiguity, or contradiction in my statement.&nbsp; IMO, the SUBJECTIVE OPINIONS of a group of folks grading at the TPGS are usually more precise and correct than that of many others.&nbsp; <b>Their opinion matters.</b>&nbsp; Yours and mine does not but we can learn something from their opinions.&nbsp; That something is <b>how the commercial coin market grades</b>.&nbsp; We can still hold to our personal opinion and standard; yet it is best if we understand their standards.&nbsp; If we get to that point, numismatics might be less stressful and discussions like this would, well...</span></p><p><span style="color: #5900b3"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #5900b3">Then, I&#039;d be able to spend more time with my nephews. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Which is it? Are they so masterly its not really opinion or is it subjective? </p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #5900b3">Read my post again and see if you can figure it out.&nbsp; Huey and Dewey have long ago.&nbsp; My other nephew is a little &quot;slow.&quot;</span>&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I thought you were busy with your nephews questions <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #5900b3">Only one of them <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> does not get it - yet.&nbsp; I still have hope. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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