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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1187702, member: 26302"]Seems very arbitrary and somewhat spiteful to me. This is an aspect of US grading I just hate, differentiation of WHY a coin is lower grade. WHY will the TPG grade a coin obviously damaged from circulation, (wear), but not grade a coin with other damage, (scratch). Why wouldn't they just downgrade it to reflect the scratch?</p><p><br /></p><p>I just shake my head when it comes to US grading sometimes. The importance is not WHY the coin is damaged, its the EXTENT versus a pristine coin. For all of the talk of market grading, they still do stupid things like this. They will detail grade a coin like this, but then turn around and give a BU grade to a soft, mushy strike peice of garbage, (that in ancients would have been graded a F the day it left the mint).</p><p><br /></p><p>It just confirms why I left US collecting. I have to admit, though, I bought a really nice high end XF bust half yesterday for only $100. I was really surprised how soft that market is.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1187702, member: 26302"]Seems very arbitrary and somewhat spiteful to me. This is an aspect of US grading I just hate, differentiation of WHY a coin is lower grade. WHY will the TPG grade a coin obviously damaged from circulation, (wear), but not grade a coin with other damage, (scratch). Why wouldn't they just downgrade it to reflect the scratch? I just shake my head when it comes to US grading sometimes. The importance is not WHY the coin is damaged, its the EXTENT versus a pristine coin. For all of the talk of market grading, they still do stupid things like this. They will detail grade a coin like this, but then turn around and give a BU grade to a soft, mushy strike peice of garbage, (that in ancients would have been graded a F the day it left the mint). It just confirms why I left US collecting. I have to admit, though, I bought a really nice high end XF bust half yesterday for only $100. I was really surprised how soft that market is. Chris[/QUOTE]
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