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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 24641502, member: 24314&quot;]In my experience, most coins folks think are FS are not even close. <span style="color: #b30000"><b>The coin above is an excellent example.&nbsp; </b></span><span style="color: #000000">It is not even close. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span><span style="color: #b30000"><b>&nbsp; </b></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #000000">I don&#039;t like it but here is the &quot;thing.&quot;&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie15" alt=":arghh:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Somewhere in the past, some <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </span><b><i><u><span style="color: #b35900">&quot;ex-pert&quot; genius-in-their-own-mind</span></u></i></b> <i><span style="color: #b35900"><b>piece of potty scum</b></span></i><span style="color: #000000"> convinced everyone else that in order for a coin to have all of its design </span><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><i>CONSIDERED TO BE FULLY STRUCK</i></span></b> <b><i><font size="6"><span style="color: #b30000">THERE COULD BE NO DEFECTS IN/ON THAT PART OF THE DESIGN.</span> </font></i></b><span style="color: #000000">&nbsp; Of course, this is an absolutely </span><b><span style="color: #b35900">stupid, <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> ignorant approach to grading</span></b><span style="color: #000000"> because a coin&#039;s strike and the contact marks on it are two different parts of the &quot;grading equation.&quot;&nbsp; </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Therefore today, a coin cannot be considered to be FB, FBL, FS if there are any marks across its design.&nbsp; NEVERTHELESS, a lot of &quot;fudging&quot; goes on with this and every other &quot;so-called&quot; standard!&nbsp; This keeps grading a complicated affair and pays the light bill for TPGS.&nbsp; </span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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