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<p>[QUOTE="DMPL_dingo, post: 5390441, member: 75000"]Why are cleaned proof Morgans with excessive hairlines generally not marked details but instead just knocked down the grade scale instead?</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><i>“Proof is a method of manufacture and not a condition.”</i></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>Even mildly cleaned business strikes are <i>always</i> marked details by TPGs, whereas proof strikes just get knocked down on the grading scale. Shouldn't the "details" standard be consistent for TPGs? They are very strict with business strikes, and very lenient with proofs. That makes no sense to me. There is clear inconsistency between how they grade cleaned business strikes vs. proof strikes. Why do they do this?</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a good example:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1231717[/ATTACH] </p><p>Look at the hairlines in those fields. Harshly cleaned.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DMPL_dingo, post: 5390441, member: 75000"]Why are cleaned proof Morgans with excessive hairlines generally not marked details but instead just knocked down the grade scale instead? [INDENT][I]“Proof is a method of manufacture and not a condition.”[/I][/INDENT] Even mildly cleaned business strikes are [I]always[/I] marked details by TPGs, whereas proof strikes just get knocked down on the grading scale. Shouldn't the "details" standard be consistent for TPGs? They are very strict with business strikes, and very lenient with proofs. That makes no sense to me. There is clear inconsistency between how they grade cleaned business strikes vs. proof strikes. Why do they do this? Here is a good example: [ATTACH=full]1231717[/ATTACH] Look at the hairlines in those fields. Harshly cleaned.[/QUOTE]
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