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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2301184, member: 24314&quot;]This is soooo informative!&nbsp; Especially the FBL&#039;s&nbsp; Do you all realize that PCGS (according to their grading book) changed from two sets of lines ...the way it was always done to just the bottom set!</p><p><br /></p><p>Also with regard to grade changes between the top services.&nbsp; The ONLY way to do a fair and accurate test is to send the same coin raw (more the better to level the results) to each service WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME (overnight is best but who has the deep pockets to do this test with a box of ten coins).&nbsp; Also, the market value/condition of the economy and thus the grade may move slightly in either direction in the long period it takes the big boys to do the economy tiers.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Also TPG&#039;s have a decision to make with each coin.&nbsp; Their experience makes it natural and less difficult.&nbsp; I&#039;ll bet that when a professional grader looks at a coin, he/she needs to consider their personal opinion, the best opinion for the company and the standard that has been set AT THAT moment in time for that particular coin series, and what the exposure ($$$) of the TPGS is for that grade.&nbsp; They may even know who sent the coins in (which ideally should not factor in if that were the case).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Example:&nbsp; So this coin has evidence of light cleaning...I see it but so what, still looks nice and most of the dummies out there will have no idea it is not original.&nbsp; How about: What a piece of crap, all banged-up but 200 years old.&nbsp; Still worth $$$ and no one will see the damaged edge in the holder.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not saying this ever happens.&nbsp; Just trying to imagine what goes through the head of a TPG on occasion.&nbsp; And think about this.&nbsp; Each company can get a good coin into their holder w/an up grade or dump poop on the other grading service with a rejection.&nbsp; I&#039;ve heard that NGC and PCGS rarely cross the other two services as that would prove collectors can get an honest grade on a coin much faster and cheaper.&nbsp; Although that does not change the &quot;value&quot; difference between the four major services that we all see.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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