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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1188252, member: 112"]The thing is this. From the instant that a coin is struck it begins to receive bag marks, rub marks, hairlines, contact marks, and eventually wear. But throughout the history of grading coins there has always been one thing that remained consistent. And that is that a damaged coin is ungradeable. Even back in 1949 when the first grading book by Brown and Dunn came out, damaged coins were ungradeable. And every grading book since holds to that. This is still true today. Not grading damaged coins is one of the foundations that our hobby is built upon.</p><p><br /></p><p>The issue here is one of degree - that being how much damage is too much damage ? That dime is a good example. Compare it to the Lincoln and then tell me it makes sense that the Linciln was graded. Or for that matter that the Large Cent was graded. That's what I have a problem with - it doesn't make sense.</p><p><br /></p><p>The TPGs need to show some degree of consistentcy when it comes to damage. But they don't. It's purely a toss up. One day they will grade a coin with a scratch of X size and the very next day they will bag that same coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1188252, member: 112"]The thing is this. From the instant that a coin is struck it begins to receive bag marks, rub marks, hairlines, contact marks, and eventually wear. But throughout the history of grading coins there has always been one thing that remained consistent. And that is that a damaged coin is ungradeable. Even back in 1949 when the first grading book by Brown and Dunn came out, damaged coins were ungradeable. And every grading book since holds to that. This is still true today. Not grading damaged coins is one of the foundations that our hobby is built upon. The issue here is one of degree - that being how much damage is too much damage ? That dime is a good example. Compare it to the Lincoln and then tell me it makes sense that the Linciln was graded. Or for that matter that the Large Cent was graded. That's what I have a problem with - it doesn't make sense. The TPGs need to show some degree of consistentcy when it comes to damage. But they don't. It's purely a toss up. One day they will grade a coin with a scratch of X size and the very next day they will bag that same coin.[/QUOTE]
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