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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3900060, member: 112"]Witty perhaps but far from true. Ya see, the grade on the slabs doesn't have anything to do with the ability or skill of the graders who work at the TPGs. The reason for the grades assigned goes back to this - </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In other words, the individual grader may personally think the coin is a MS63, or VF35. But the company standards dictate that it is a MS65, or XF45 - and that's the grade that is put on the slab.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you check the staff, the names of the people who do the actual grading at ICG and ANACS, some of them are universally recognized as being some of the best, the most knowledgeable graders there are in the business. But their personal opinions on grade don't matter because they have to assign the grades they are told to assign. Assuming they want to keep their jobs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3900060, member: 112"]Witty perhaps but far from true. Ya see, the grade on the slabs doesn't have anything to do with the ability or skill of the graders who work at the TPGs. The reason for the grades assigned goes back to this - In other words, the individual grader may personally think the coin is a MS63, or VF35. But the company standards dictate that it is a MS65, or XF45 - and that's the grade that is put on the slab. If you check the staff, the names of the people who do the actual grading at ICG and ANACS, some of them are universally recognized as being some of the best, the most knowledgeable graders there are in the business. But their personal opinions on grade don't matter because they have to assign the grades they are told to assign. Assuming they want to keep their jobs.[/QUOTE]
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