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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 3244388, member: 15309&quot;]So, in other words, PCGS felt the cleaning was not harsh enough to deserve a details holder, and therefore, was not a problem.</p><p><br /></p><p>And you don’t know what NGC would do.</p><p><br /></p><p>You are starting an argument about accepted nomenclature.&nbsp; I didn’t invent the term problem free holder, but the term exists, and it refers to a coin that has been straight graded.&nbsp; I’m not sure how many ways I need to explain this to you.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If a mint state coin has a small mark or scratch, it lowers the numerical grade.&nbsp; At some point if you increase the size of the mark or scratch, it no longer becomes a grade limiter, it becomes a problem, and the coin gets a details grade.&nbsp; All the things you consider problems are judged on severity.&nbsp; If they are market acceptable, the coin is placed in a straight graded, problem free holder.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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