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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rld14, post: 1109420, member: 16133&quot;]If you don&#039;t like the coin, by all means return it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes a light rim bump or even two won&#039;t prevent a coin from getting graded by a reputable grading company.&nbsp; I have a full set of graded Barber Halves in VF-XF, and a couple have slight rim bumps, yet they still graded.</p><p><br /></p><p>The key is what is and what isn&#039;t market acceptable.&nbsp; The whole original point of third party grading was to create a &quot;sight unseen&quot; market in coins.&nbsp; If the market will accept an otherwise nice, original coin with a small scratch, or a small ding, or a very light old cleaning, or a dip, etc then the coin may well be graded.</p><p><br /></p><p>The problem is, NNC has their own standards and they have a habit of overgrading and grading coins with problems severe enough to cause a details grade or no-grade at market acceptable grading companies.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s two coins that illustrate my point...</p><p><br /></p><p>This one has a slight rim bump, it&#039;s also a larger circulated Silver coin.&nbsp; It&#039;s otherwise gorgeous and it not only graded, but CAC liked it as well.&nbsp; The rim bump is also a possibility why it didn&#039;t go higher than a 20..</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj145/dchheartacura/ddc2e37d.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>And this coin has been dipped, I just sold it (And said it had been dipped) but PCGS felt it was OK as a 45.&nbsp; IMO it&#039;s comparable to a 50-53.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj145/dchheartacura/a79f896c.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe I should do a topic on what &quot;Market acceptable&quot; actually means...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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