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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TypeCoin971793, post: 3653708, member: 78244&quot;]Yes. The star signifies exceptional eye appeal, making an inflated grade unnecessary. PCGS does not have an avenue to point out exceptional eye appeal except for artificially inflating the grade. That harms the market.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The fact you have a category for eye appeal inherently creates the artificial “bump”. The eye appeal should be an expected aspect of the grade, not an excuse to bump up the grade. Poor eye appeal limits the grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>Eye appeal involves much more subjectivity and “feeling” than Surface preservation, luster, and strike. Coin grading should be as objective as possible. I exclusively use the latter three categories for grading and use eye appeal as a limiter when it is negative.</p><p><br /></p><p>By “double dipping”, I refer to a coin being assigned an inflated grade (technical 65 graded 66) and bought as premium for the grade (sold for much higher than the going rate for a 66). You made a perfect example of this with one of your brother’s Franklins.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Not bumping the grade is hardly penalizing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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