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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 963775, member: 112&quot;]Mike - I have not used the technical grading system to grade even 1 coin since 1987.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Small oooops there Mike. The ANA absolutely <b>does not</b> use technical grading ! They have not done so since 1987. You need to understand Mike that the ANA invented market grading.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Oh I&#039;ll agree with the part about forgetting about the PCGS grading guide. PCGS threw that book out the window quite a few years ago. But ya know, according to you, and PCGS, their on-line PhotoGrade is supposed to be pretty good. Why don&#039;t you go take a look at what they show a a VG 8 Large Cent is supposed to look like. Take a look at the G 4 and G 6 too while you&#039;re at it. <a href="http://www.pcgs.com/photograde/#/ClassicCent/Grades" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pcgs.com/photograde/#/ClassicCent/Grades" rel="nofollow">http://www.pcgs.com/photograde/#/ClassicCent/Grades</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>Then you, or anyone else here, tell me which one the OP coin looks like.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yeah, it&#039;s got a nice planchet. Very nice for a G 4 coin. And that&#039;s according to PCGS&#039;s own grading guide, and their Photo Grade Guide ! I&#039;m not using ANA standards here. I&#039;m using PCGS standards !!!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>For the last time Mike, I do not use technical grading and haven&#039;t in over 20 years - I use market grading. The ANA does not use technical grading and hasn&#039;t in over 20 years. They use market grading too.</p><p><br /></p><p>But if as you say the PCGS is trying to predict the market value of the OP coin - then what in the world were they doing with the other coins I posted pictures of that they graded so much lower ? </p><p><br /></p><p>Face it Mike - PCGS screwed up big time on this one. And if you can&#039;t recognize that, then you&#039;re not as smart as I thought you were.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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