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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1442564, member: 112&quot;]Maybe, but maybe not. I will grant you that the TPGs will often bump a coin with strong luster. But then the TPGs are also known to bump the grade, sometimes even 2 grades, when a coin has particular pedigree, or when the coin is quite scarce, or even rare. And that is part of the problem I have with today&#039;s TPG grading. Grades should not be bumped for these things. But people have come to accept what the TPGs do, just because they are the TPGs.</p><p><br /></p><p>You see that is the purpose of having grading standards to begin with. Grading standards exist so that we can all know what a coin should grade. So that we don&#039;t have to rely on somebody else to tell us what the coin grades. And if the grade assigned by the TPG flies in the face of the established grading standards - then why should we believe or trust in the TPG ?</p><p><br /></p><p>What you have to understand about grading is that the grade of a coin is based upon several different criteria. And for a coin to be worthy of a given grade, then that coin must meet the criteria established for that grade. And it must meet all of those criteria, not just some of them. If the coin does not meet even just 1 of the established criteria for a given grade - then the coin must be graded the next grade down.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll use your example of luster. If a coin has the marks of a 66, but it has the luster of a 67, or even a 68, then the coin must be graded a 66. If a coin has the hair lines of a 65, but it has the luster of a 67, then the coin must be graded a 65.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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