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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 3634743, member: 112&quot;]I&#039;m sure not. Nor do I think others are either.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Reasonably certain that&#039;s not what is going one. Even what you call a thick skinned coin can have high quality luster. But the simple fact is - this coin does not, it has low quality luster. And there&#039;s a good reason for it if you look at it closely. Either the previous toning had already partially destroyed the luster, or the coin was dipped a tiny bit too long. In either case the end result is low quality luster.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Both statements are echoing the same sentiment, the same philosophy if ya will - that there should not be limiting factors when grading a coin. Now I&#039;ll grant you, there are those who hold that opinion. But limiting factors is what makes grading standards - grading standards to begin with. Limiting factors are the very essence of grading and they always have been. If you do not have limiting factors then there are no standards. </p><p><br /></p><p>With every grade there is from the very bottom to the very top it is limiting factors that distinguish one grade from the next - in either direction. Start ignoring limiting factors and you have just eliminated grading standards.</p><p><br /></p><p>A heavy, large, significant, (use the adjective of your choice if you wish), contact mark in a prime focal area prevents any coin from being worthy of a gem grade, (and that&#039;s defined as anything higher than 64), just like any contact mark prevents a coin from being graded as 70. There is no difference. Any limiting factor prevents any coin from being graded as a 70. So you cannot chose to ignore a limiting factor with a given grade, and not ignore it with another grade. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you do that then there are no standards anymore.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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