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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;900fine, post: 933244, member: 6036&quot;]Yes, yes, yes.</p><p><br /></p><p>I agree with Doug&#039;s analysis (red, turquoise, and black). I also agree with Eduard&#039;s observation that there are worse coins in full-grade slabs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gents, the reality is clear : TPGs have a tough time with early copper. With 20th century coins, they have the luxury of being very choosy about problems; they bag problem coins. If they did that with early copper, few coins would pass, leaving very few slabbed coins. That&#039;s disadvantageous to the community.</p><p><br /></p><p>Which leaves them with a very tough quandary - how bad is too bad ? How good is good enough ?</p><p><br /></p><p>Which means the inconsistency in TPG grading early copper is much worse than modern coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p>I posed these issues to Mark Salzberg, chairman of NGC. Mark is an outstanding numismatist and a fine gentleman. He agreed that early copper is tough, and indicated that one major &quot;bag&quot; factor is wide-ranging porosity across the surface of the coin. Other factors, like the ones mentioned here, are a case-by-case judgment call.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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