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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;imrich, post: 1193838, member: 22331&quot;]<b>Love The Rant!!</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>I generally agree with your statements of grading convolution, concerning &quot;top tier&quot; TPG, but especially of one. I have appreciable documentation to support/substantiate your opinion, but just one example, as shown in this thread, would suffice. </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>I generally always appreciated the grading standards of ANACS, ACG, SEGS, PCI, etc. who would grade coins, but clarify problematic exceptions to the norm (e.g. scratched, cleaned, etc.). They provided what I considered a &quot;plus&quot; grade service.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>I know/knew individuals who would remove &quot;damaged&quot; coins from their holders, often &quot;clean/dip&quot; to attenuate, and submit to another TPG who would accept the deficiencies without clarification, often to attain a higher grade. </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>I have an appreciable collection of 4 figure coins that an independent objective certifier could add to their list of coins with a qualifier of &quot;what were they thinking?&quot;, which I&#039;ve posted here occasionally in the past to show various grading disparities.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Rich :thumb:</b></p><p><b></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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